Premier League - Ancelotti targets Euro crown

Eurosport - Tue, 02 Jun 07:56:00 2009

Carlo Ancelotti set his sights on winning Chelsea's first Champions League crown after becoming the club's fifth manager in under two years.

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Ancelotti, 49, who announced his departure as coach of Milan on Sunday, has signed a three-year-contract and will start on July 1.

The former Italy international the Champions League twice as a player and twice as a manager with Milan, and said his aim was to bring the European Cup to Stamford Bridge.

"For me, the Champions League is a beautiful sensation because when I played I won two times in 1989 and 1990 and it was a fantastic achievement," he said.

"And it was the same as a coach in 2003 and 2007. Champions League, for me, is the best competition in the world and all teams want to win it.

"Five semi-finals in six years is a beautiful score (for Chelsea) but now we need to win."

Earlier, Chelsea confirmed Ancelotti's appointment two days after interim manager Guus Hiddink won the FA Cup in his final game.

"Carlo was the outstanding candidate for the job. He has proved over a long period his ability to build teams that challenged for, and have been successful in, major domestic and European competitions," a club statement read.

"We are sure everybody at Chelsea will give him a warm welcome and we are all looking forward to working with him."

Ancelotti had great success as a player and coach with Milan, winning two Champions Leagues and a Serie A title during his eight years in charge at the San Siro.

Hiddink had taken the role of temporary Chelsea coach after the dismissal of Brazilian Luiz Felipe Scolari in February.

Hiddink, Russia's national team coach, completed his three-month stint at Stamford Bridge by winning the FA Cup on Saturday with a 2-1 victory over Everton.

"They've (Chelsea) had too many changes and they recognise that themselves," Hiddink said after the Wembley win. "Stability is needed now."

They had that under Jose Mourinho but after his surprise departure in September 2007, the stability and the trophies dried up.

Avram Grant took them to within a missed John Terry penalty of Champions League glory and also to a Premier League runners-up spot but left soon after.

Russian billionaire owner Roman Abramovich's desperate need for another big name appointment led to Scolari but the Brazilian World Cup winner left after Chelsea's assault on the Premier League title was seemingly fizzling out.

Dutchman Hiddink revived Chelsea and they finished third in the Premier League, reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League before their FA Cup success.

Reuters

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  1. Thats exactly what the EPL Needs...Boring Italian Style­ Football Combining with the already most boring team in­ england !

    From Amir B, on Wed 3 Jun 2:51AM

  2. carlo, carlo, carlo, you da foolish or sumthing? i warn­ yu dont sleep with the
    russian bear...yu da not­ listening.. i tell yu the russia bear.. he da no­ good...he
    da piss of four good managers.. yu da not­ listening..now yu i deeep water..­ carlo
    carlo..why..why..why?

    BEL pa zed

    From Brian, on Tue 2 Jun 2:46PM

  3. CARLO YOU DUMB ***CK YOU WILL BE MANAGER NO 6! I HOPE­ CHELSEA WIN NOTHING !!
    OVER PAID TARTS!!!

    From lanesra, on Tue 2 Jun 2:40PM

  4. koppite, its easier to win the CL than the league. the­ CL you can get away with being lucky as your team­ proved. the league you need to retain a certai standard­ all season. chelsea uped the standard of the EPL to­ where it is today in a matter of 2 seasons. 5 CL semi­ finals in 6 years shows ability in europe anyway and­ cheated out of 2 winning campaigns and the unluckiest­ team in the world in 1 final.

    and why do all of you­ liverpool fans go on about money? you moan that its a­ terrible way to win yet you all cry saying you want­ foreign owners and hundreds of millions to spend on­ world class players. you are so arrogant its hard to­ believe

    From yip, on Tue 2 Jun 2:39PM

  5. we need a good young creative mid, Moussa Dembele who­ we have been linked with looks good, left footed, can­ dribble, young and from what Ive seen his finishing is­ ok. gourcouff also looks an option, not sure of age but­ he's a silky guy and comparisons with zidane are­ founded from what Ive seen. scored an incredible goal­ this season against psg I think.

    From yip, on Tue 2 Jun 2:34PM

  6. Who is Carlo Ancelotti?

    From Tham, on Tue 2 Jun 2:34PM

  7. carlo, carlo, carlo, you da foolish or sumthing? i warn­ yu dont sleep with the
    russian bear...yu da not­ listening.. i tell yu the russia bear.. he da no­ good...he
    da piss of four good managers.. yu da not­ listening..now yu i deeep water..­ carlo
    carlo..why..why..why?

    BEL pa zed

    From Brian, on Tue 2 Jun 2:14PM

  8. carlo, carlo, carlo, you da foolish or sumthing? i warn­ yu dont sleep with the
    russian bear...yu da not­ listening.. i tell yu the russia bear.. he da no­ good...he
    da piss of four good managers.. yu da not­ listening..now yu i deeep water..­ carlo
    carlo..why..why..why?

    BEL pa zed

    From Brian, on Tue 2 Jun 2:13PM

  9. carlo, carlo, carlo, you da foolish or sumthing? i warn­ yu dont sleep with the
    russian bear...yu da not­ listening.. i tell yu the russia bear.. he da no­ good...he
    da piss of four good managers.. yu da not­ listening..now yu i deeep water..­ carlo
    carlo..why..why..why?

    BEL pa zed

    From Brian, on Tue 2 Jun 2:12PM

  10. sorry carlo,the champions league eluded your­ predecessor,mourinho,scolari,and even ranieri.Execept­ you are the God of soccer then go ahead and best of­ luck

    From Anthony A, on Tue 2 Jun 12:58PM

  11. I think He Meant want win Uefa Cup That represented­ Ueropean Crown next season. Uefa Champions League For­ Arsenal lifted with Bendthner

    From Abba Mai Adda, on Tue 2 Jun 12:35PM

  12. With Carlo you will win the Champions League in 2011 at­ new Wembley!

    From Dekiciente, on Tue 2 Jun 11:37AM

  13. LETS FACE IT CHELSEA YOU ALL WANT JOSE BACK HES SECOND­ FIDDLE HE WILL DO WELL TO SERVE HIS CONTRACT OUT NEVER­ MIND WINNING TROPHIES

    From mark322lewis, on Tue 2 Jun 11:33AM

  14. Koppite - If you want to go back further we could go­ back to Liverpools most successfull period in history­ and see how much more they spent on the best players of­ the time bouyed by the owner of Littlewoods football­ pools money !

    As for not winning the CL we saw this­ year just how totally corrupt the whole competition is.­ It's no coincidence that no G14 club ever won the­ competition before it was disbanded. I personally­ couldn't give a flying f%*K about thwe CL, It's­ got no integrity anymore and is simply a cash cow­ manipulated by the likes of Platini !

    From Pete W, on Tue 2 Jun 11:16AM

  15. Pete you are right. 20 years without a title isnt good.­ But then when was the last time Chelsea won the title?­ or the european cup? Hmm, still scratching your head?­ You seem to use June 2006 as a start date...but you­ know as well as everyone else, if you start earlier­ than that, in 2003 for example, Chelsea have definitely­ outspent Liverpool and in that Liverpool won the­ european cup. What did Chelsea do? Exactly.
    Your stats­ are only worth so much credence...NOT much.

    From Koppite 1973, on Tue 2 Jun 10:38AM

  16. do not buy PATO. Buy DAVID VILLA

    From bigben, on Tue 2 Jun 9:38AM

  17. Nick P - A little lesson on how much money Chelsea have­ spent caompared to Liverpool in the last 3 seasons.­ From 1st June 2006 Liverpool have spent £115.5m and­ Chelsea £109m. In that time Liverpool have won 1 FA Cup­ and Chelsea 2 FA Cups and a League Cup. And that's­ with Chelsea going through 3 different managers in that­ time and still finishing above Liverpool in the EPL all­ but this year. I wouldn't go on about how much­ chelsea have spent and how Liverpool are superior­ untill I knew the facts myself. 20 years without a­ League title for such a great team? Something­ doesn't quite add up does it?

    From Pete W, on Tue 2 Jun 9:34AM

  18. ****Chandeep**** Real win real lose....thet even lose­ worst then LiverFOOL. but they take it as man and­ footballer..
    end of the day its just a game n for them­ its just a nother bad day at work...
    only different is­ they get over n look to another game...

    Not like EPL­ team (chelsea)...cannot get over their­ defeat.
    Anyway...LiverFOOL is doing bit ok cos of­ FORIGN player n coach.

    Worst thing the club not even­ belongs to liverFOOL, its belongs to somebody frm­ america....

    Wherelse LIGA n SERIA A team belongs to­ thier own place..
    I GUESS U WONT UNDERSTAND THAT COS U­ R ALL SUPPORTER OF TEAM WIT NO HOME...... :-(

    BUT­ look at the brite site.....ohh wait ......thers no­ brite site in liverFOOL cos its all look dark since­ nobody know the future of club..ITS ALL IN THE MERCY OF­ OWNER.

    From gabbatiz8, on Tue 2 Jun 9:27AM

  19. He better win it first time round then,because he wont­ be there for 3years if he dont.

    From michael s, on Tue 2 Jun 9:05AM

  20. Carlo will be a good replacement before Xmas once that­ weasel Terry has the knive in his back.

    From , on Tue 2 Jun 8:57AM
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