Carlo Ancelotti has pledged there will be no dramatic revolution as he begins the task of delivering Bayern Munich the prize they crave above all.
The Italian was officially presented at the Allianz Arena on Monday as Pep Guardiola’s successor, having signed a three-year deal, and his mission over the course of his contract will be to lead Bayern to their sixth Champions League success.
Winning the biggest prize in club football is an obsession in Munich but that objective proved beyond Guardiola, who was eliminated in the semi-finals in each of his three seasons here. Though he won seven trophies, some regard a failure to lift the Champions League as a stain on his CV.
Carlo Ancelotti holds aloft a Bayern Munich shirt as he is unveiled as the new Bayern Munich boss alongside CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
The Italian was given a warm welcome in traditional Bavarian style on the pitch of the club's Allianz Arena stadium
Ancelotti was paraded around the pitch by children in replica Bayern Munich kits after a holding a news-conference inside the stadium
The Italian is targeting a fourth Champions League triumph as a manager and Bayern Munich's sixth overall
The former AC Milan, Chelsea, PSG and Real Madrid boss holds a pair of lederhosen as Rummenigge watches on nearby
Ancelotti’s pedigree in the European Cup is beyond dispute – he won it twice as a player with AC Milan then a further three times as a manager with AC Milan and Real Madrid – but, as is his way, there was no bold declaration about what he wants to achieve.
Clearly, though, the target for Ancelotti is to move beyond Liverpool’s Bob Paisley and become the first head coach to win the Champions League four times and he believes Guardiola has left him the strongest foundations to realise that ambition.
‘To win the Champions League is not easy,’ said Ancelotti, whose first game will be against Guardiola’s Manchester City next Wednesday.
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