++ [ originally posted by azzurri7 ] ++
I know my history Andrew, I know Capello won the CL with Milan, but I was talking about nowadays, Football changed, Capello is no-where near Ancelotti....
What's your point? Ancelotti has been at Milan since 2001, starting out with a good base of players and modelling the squad to fit the system he wanted. Milan bought players such as Nesta, Rui Costa, Pirlo, Rivaldo, and others for Ancelotti to have a very good team to work with. It took Ancelotti almost two years to finally guide his side to a title, the CL in 2003. It took Ancelotti three years to finally win the Scudetto after building perhaps the best squad in the world.
This year Capello took the job of bringing Juventus back on track, basically making do with the same base squad as last year. Currently we are level on points with Ancelotti's Milan and reached the Quarter-finals of the CL, much more than Carlo did during his first season with Milan. If you are going to judge the two managers fairly you will see that Capello has had a better start at his new enviornment than Ancelotti a few years ago, and you must factor in that Ancelotti has the better squad between the two currently. And also, Capello's history speaks for itself. You might not like him, however it's unfair to judge him solely on what Ancelotti has done at Milan. Capello has not even been here for a year yet.