The third successive win, all away, at the start of LaLiga, and the European Super Cup win over Eintracht, gives shape to the best start to the season and top scorer of the four that Carlo Ancelotti has achieved at Real Madrid
Only in his first campaign in the “White House”, Ancelotti managed to start the League with three consecutive victories. On that occasion, in the fourth round, the first setback came, with a two-goal draw at Villarreal. At the moment, the first game of the season at the Santiago Bernabéu carries the pulse of the only two teams to have won it all, Real Madrid and Real Betis
In the case of extending his good streak, “Carlito” will set new records. At the RCDE stadium, with his 179th game on the Real Madrid bench (132 wins, 22 draws and 25 losses), he overtook Jose Mourinho and is now the sixth coach with the most games for the Whites
Ancelotti has a shot in Luis Molony (183) and this season, if he completes it by extending his beautiful moment since his comeback, will also outpace Leo Beinhacker (197). Italian coach Vicente del Bosque (246) and Zinedine Zidane (263) and the elusive record set by Miguel Muñoz with 605 appearances at the helm of the Madrid team remains elusive
In titles, the distance the Italian coach faces has been less. After he started this campaign by winning the European Super Cup, his eighth in the two stages he coached and chased after Moloney, he had only 11 left for Zidane and Miguel Muñoz with fourteen. Accessible records if extended over time, because it will be a sign of success, the latest adventure on the bench for Ancelotti, who has already announced that after Real Madrid there will be no challenge for him and will say goodbye on the bench when his stage in the white club ends
The packages that appeared in the results of this campaign, in which he defended the La Liga title for the first time, 1-2 in Almeria, 1-4 against Celta and 1-3 against Espanyol, can only be found in Ancelotti. His first year at Real Madrid
In 2013, but with two home matches, they beat Betis (2-1) and Athletic Club (3-1) at the Bernabéu, and won in Granada (0-1). Villarreal cut their good momentum on the day Gareth Bale made his debut with a goal for Real Madrid. The first defeat came in the seventh round, in the derby match against Atlético Madrid
It was the Argentine team Diego Simeone that sparked the start of Ancelotti’s second year at the helm of Real Madrid. They won the European Super Cup 2-0 at Sevilla, a draw in the Spanish Super Cup and a defeat at the Vicente Calderon gave the Rojiblanco the title, which also won the league
The white team beat Cordoba in its first appearance in the local competition (2-0), but soon changed its course in the league, where it tied two defeats, against Real Sociedad in Anoeta (4-2) and the Bernabeu derby (1-2). It was, in 2014, the worst start in the league for “Carlito”
Seven years later, when he was selected to fill the vacancy left by Zidane, La Liga was Ancelotti’s main target. The only great person that was missing in its history. But the beginning of the path to the address was not as stable as the current one
They crushed Alaves at Mendizorosa (1-4), but lost points in the second round to Levante (3-3) who later ended up relegated. In the third round they scored a victory that hinted that their performance as a visitor was the best in the 0-1 category against Betis
Now, against Betis once again, Carlito could extend his best start to the season at Real Madrid. At the moment he is already on the scoring side with the nine goals scored in three matches. Maintaining the effectiveness of the shot and improving the team defensively, after conceding a goal in each of the three rounds, are the tasks of the Madrid coach before a battle for leadership alone
