“Dad needs people to contradict him”

Surprised at one point by Rangers, but also by other teams, Davide Ancelotti finally chose to remain the loyal of his father, who followed at the representative of Brazil. Real Madrid's former coach signed a 14 -month contract with the Rio de Janeiro Federation (CBF), with an extension option after CM 2026, and Davide will continue to be assistant.

Davide Ancelotti: “The final decision was and will always be his”

A “blunt” assistant, as he suggests in an interview given to the daily mark: “I almost never agreed with my father. Needs a provocative environment”.

Concrete? “There were probably several times when I did not agree. I think this is what is expected of me as an assistant, but also what he needs. Let's say that this was the main feature, not only mine, but of all his assistants, because he is a very experienced coach, with many certainties, and needs a provocative environment.

Maybe I, at the beginning of my career, at 35, I have a lot more doubts than him and I need an environment to advise me more, to give me more certainties. And he, on the contrary, needs people who do not always agree. Of course, always with respect and considering that the final decision was and will always be his, ”Davide explained.

Davide Ancelotti: “My father is the best coach in history”

Brazil? “My father is from Reggiolo, a city of 5,000 inhabitants. It is impossible to imagine someone born there by training the national team of Brazil. So, we live a dream, but a very real one. And yes, winning the World Cup is possible, because this is the clear goal of Brazil.

We come from an era in which victory is the norm and we go to a place where we expect to win. This pressure is not new to us. On the contrary, it is very exciting and it is what we need to give our best, “said Ancelotti Jr, for which,” with or without a triumph at the World Championship, my father is anyway the best coach in history. “