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Ancelotti, who doubted the VAR of the Classic, was European champion with a punished Milan

“We didn’t win the game due to an offside position about which we still have doubts. We’re going to Madrid with doubts”. Charles AncelottiReal Madrid coach, repeatedly questioned the WAS last Sunday after the game that his team lost 2-1 against FC Barcelona, ​​a transcendental confrontation for the outcome of the League. Ancelotti’s message was in line with what was expressed from the white club, with its official striker television. He ‘Case Negreira’ It recently motivated the Madrid club to announce that it would appear in the proceedings initiated by the prosecution “as soon as the judge opens it to the injured parties.” Ancelotti expressed in his statements, made both to the televisions with rights and in the press conference after the Classic, his doubts about the VAR decision on an offside play, obtaining as a reply from his colleague from barca, Xavi Hernandez, that this type of action -the offside- is “scientific” and not debatable. Ancelotti was on the bench of a club, Milan, which was European champion months after being sanctioned in Italy by ‘Calciopoli’, that plot that was uncovered in 2006 and that involved several Italian teams with referee corruption.

After various appeals, Milan was punished with a loss of points in the 2006-07 Serie A season, although they were able to play the Champions League through the preliminary phase, a tournament that they also ended up winning. Ancelotti, who coached Milan between 2001 and 2009, beat Liverpool in the 2007 European final.

From the outset, UEFA expressed its discomfort at Milan’s presence in the 2006-07 Champions League after being punished by the Italian sports courts, but due to its own regulations it could not leave it out of its tournament. For this reason, in an immediately subsequent congress, it modified its statutes, which are still in force. In Article 50(3) it stressed that “admission to a UEFA competition is reserved for a member association or club directly or indirectly involved in any activity aimed at organizing or influencing the outcome of a match at national or international level.” .

He Football City’ He had a long run in court. In 2010, when he was already the manager of Chelsea, Ancelotti had to appear in the Court of Naples as a witness in a trial hearing, which was already going through criminal proceedings. In his statement, Ancelotti admitted feeling “disappointed”, giving as an example a Siena-Milan match that ended with a Milan defeat (2-1) and in which, according to his statement, there was “a non-existent offside for which a goal was cancelled. legal to Shevchenko”.

A 2022, a ‘Valdano’ UniverseAncelotti looked back and assured in reference to ‘Calciopoli’ that “it was positive that Italian football was cleaned up”.

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