This Saturday, from 4 p.m. and at the Estadio Príncipe Moulay Abellah, Real Madrid and Al Hilal will compete in the Club World Cup final. on one side will be Ramon Diaz, coach of the Arab team, and on the other side, Charles Ancelotti, technical director of the Spanish team. Both are known from their time as footballers, since they coincided in the A league from Italy in the 1980s and, after 34 years, they cross paths again. But this time it will be from outside the line of lime, giving directions to those directed.
Ramon Diaz y Charles Ancelotti They faced off in the 1980s and each managed three wins, three losses and two draws. Between 1983 and 1986, the Argentine crossed the Italian wearing the shirts of Napoli, Avellino (today in Serie C of Italy), Fiorentina and Inter. While the Italian, in the duels against the exRiver, he did it wearing the shirts of Rome and Milan.
The first confrontation was on February 20, 1983, at the Olympic Stadium in Rome. Ramón wore the Napoli shirt and Ancelotti that of La Loba. The match ended with a 5-2 victory for the home team: the Argentine striker had put the visit ahead 12 minutes into the first stage and Carlo had converted for the partial 2-1. The last cross between the two was on April 20, 1989 in a classic between Inter-Milan.
During the 6 years that they faced each other, Ramón Díaz scored 6 goals in total for the teams where the current Real Madrid coach played. The duel between the two at that time was even and neither took advantage of the other. Now, from the dotted pens they will look for a victory for the first time, to become world champion at club level.
Ramón Díaz praises Carlo Ancelotti: “He is a great coach”
He Al Hilal of Ramon Diaz qualified for the Club World Cup final after beating Flamengo from Brazil 3-2. After 27 years, the Argentine returns to play a final of this caliber, taking into account that the last one was with River in 1996, although, it was disputed with another format.
After sealing the classification to the defining match, the Argentine strategist recalled that they know each other from the time of footballers and said: “I have faced Carlo as a player too”and highlighted his “ability”.
Ramón Díaz, who will collide for the first time with Carlo Ancelotti in the role of coachacknowledged that the Italian “He is a great coach, he is a great strategist” y “I congratulate him because he continues to be successful and is at a great club like Real”.
