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Real Madrid’s Champions League exit: Ancelotti under fire, but is he really the problem?

Real Madrid’s Champions League exit: Ancelotti under fire, but is he really the problem?

Real Madrid’s 5-1 aggregate defeat to Arsenal in the Champions League quarter-finals marks not only the end of their title defence but potentially the end of Ancelotti’s second spell in charge.

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Apr 17, 2025
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Real Madrid’s Champions League exit: Ancelotti under fire, but is he really the problem?
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Defeat to Arsenal has cast fresh uncertainty over Carlo Ancelotti’s future in the Madrid dugout.

With speculation swirling around his future and names like Xabi Alonso and Jürgen Klopp being floated as possible successors, one question stands out: Is Ancelotti truly to blame for Madrid’s latest European failure?

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