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20th ANNIVERSARY WORLD TOUR 2026
2026.10.18(sun)
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🚨 Jose Mourinho on choosing between Carlo Ancelotti and Pep Guardiola:
“Carlo Ancelotti.
And I'll tell you why.
People look at Carlo's career and count Champions Leagues.
I look at Everton.
Yes, Everton.
This man had managed Juventus, AC Milan, Chelsea, PSG, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Napoli.
He had worked with Maldini, Pirlo, Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo, Modric, Drogba and Lampard.
Then one day, Carlo Ancelotti decided to manage Everton.
I remember hearing the news and thinking, ‘Carlo, what happened?’
Not because Everton isn't a historic club.
But I imagine somebody explaining the project.
‘Carlo, we want to compete with the biggest clubs in England.’
‘Good.’
‘But we cannot promise Champions League football.’
‘Okay.’
‘And we cannot promise you the players you had at Real Madrid.’
‘I know.’
‘So why are you interested?’
And Carlo probably just smiled.
That's what fascinates me.
He didn't arrive at Goodison Park behaving like a man doing Everton a favour.
He took the job seriously.
And he brought James Rodriguez .
James Rodriguez !
A footballer who had played for him at Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.
Imagine being James.
‘James, I have a project for you.’
‘Where, Mister? Real Madrid?’
‘No.’
‘Bayern?’
‘No.’
‘Where?’
‘Everton.’
I would have loved to hear the silence after that.
But James went.
That tells you something about Carlo.
His reputation doesn't disappear when he leaves a famous club.
He can walk into Everton and convince a footballer who has played at the Bernabeu that Goodison Park is worth experiencing.
That's a different kind of power.
Now compare that with Pep Guardiola. I've competed against him enough to know he’s tactical.
But Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City are environments where winning major trophies is already expected.
Carlo has experienced that pressure too.
Then he voluntarily walked into a club where finishing 7th might be considered progress.
He went from trying to win the Champions League to trying to qualify for European football.
And Everton wasn't even the end.
He returned to Real Madrid and won 2 more Champions Leagues.
Imagine that.
One season you're trying to get Everton into Europe.
A few years later you're standing at Wembley with another Champions League trophy.
Then Brazil calls.
And Carlo goes to manage Brazil.
At some point, you have to appreciate how extraordinary that journey is.
🗣️ Reporter: ‘So you believe Carlo is greater than Guardiola?’
‘I believe Carlo has answered questions Pep hasn't been asked yet.’
And Sir Alex Ferguson is another manager I admire enormously.
Ferguson proved himself at Aberdeen before building Manchester United into an empire.
Carlo proved himself at Europe's biggest clubs, then showed he wasn't too big to manage somewhere else.
Pep has achieved great things.
But I'd love to see him accept a job where the first question isn't, ‘Can you win the Champions League?’
It's, ‘Can you get us into Europe?’
Because Carlo did that.
And the remarkable thing?
When Real Madrid called again, Carlo didn't need to rebuild his reputation.
He'd never lost it.
That's why I choose Ancelotti.
Not because he won trophies at Everton. He didn't.
But because he could manage Everton, return to Real Madrid, win two more Champions Leagues and then become Brazil's manager.
And somehow, Everton doesn't even look out of place on his CV.
It looks like something only Carlo Ancelotti would do.”
🚨 Zinedine Zidane on Michael Olise’s performance against Belgium:
“Michael was sitting on the bench wrapped in a blanket while we were losing 1–0.
I looked at him a few times.
Nothing.
No frustration. No walking up and down. No looking at me every thirty seconds hoping I would notice him.
Just sitting there like somebody waiting for a bus.
At half-time, I walked past him and said, ‘Michael, are you comfortable?’
He said, ‘Yes, coach.’
I said, ‘That’s actually beginning to annoy me.’
He laughed.
I told him, ‘We are losing.’
He said, ‘I know.’
‘And you’re sitting here looking like you’re watching television.’
He looked at me and said, ‘You haven’t asked me to do anything yet.’
That answer stayed in my head.
Because some players spend the whole game trying to convince the manager that they are ready.
Michael behaves like the manager already knows.
Around the 55th minute I told him and Rayan Cherki to get ready.
Michael finally removed the blanket.
I said, ‘Ah, so you do remember you’re a footballer.’
He smiled.
Before he went on, I stopped him.
I said, ‘Michael, we don’t need you to rescue France. Just change the game.’
He looked at the scoreboard, looked back at me and said, ‘What’s the difference?’
I should have known then.
He comes on in the 60th minute.
Seventeen minutes later, Désiré equalises.
Then Michael creates Rayan’s goal.
2–1.
I’m celebrating and Michael is already walking back towards the halfway line.
That is something about him that makes me laugh.
Sometimes he produces something ridiculous and celebrates like somebody has just completed paperwork.
Then the 88th minute comes.
Michael scores.
3–1.
Now I’m thinking, ‘Good. Finished.’
Apparently Michael wasn’t.
Three minutes later he scores again.
4–1.
I looked towards the bench and one of my assistants said, ‘You could have brought him on earlier.’
I said, ‘That is exactly why I didn’t.’
He looked confused.
I told him, ‘If I bring him on at half-time, perhaps Belgium have enough time to understand what is happening.’
After the match Michael walked past me.
I said, ‘Two goals, one assist in thirty minutes.’
He nodded.
That was it.
So I asked him, ‘Do you have anything to say?’
He said, ‘You told me to change the game.’
I said, ‘Yes, Michael. I didn’t tell you to destroy their evening.’
He smiled and started walking away.
Then I remembered our conversation from half-time.
I shouted, ‘Michael.’
He turned around.
I said, ‘Was the blanket comfortable?’
He said, ‘Very.’
I told him, ‘Good. Keep it. At this rate, we might need it again.’
People will see two goals and an assist and start talking about the Ballon d’Or. They’ll compare him with Yamal, Saka, whoever they want.
I see something slightly different.
I see a player who can sit there for an hour while his country is losing and somehow look like the least worried person in the stadium.
Not because he doesn’t care.
Because he believes that if his moment comes, he will do something with it.
There is a difference between arrogance and certainty.
Michael has that strange certainty.
He doesn’t need ninety minutes to convince you he was important to the match.
Tonight France were losing when he stood up from that bench.
Thirty minutes later, Belgium probably wished I had left him under the blanket.”