JazzG According to his book, Ancelotti's approach is generally one of pragmatism. He doesn't have a fixed way of playing. An anti-Guardiola or Klopp, of you will. Play to your players' strengths. Defence is about concentration and organisation. Attack, while following some general 'ideas', should be unpredictable and allow for players to be creative and improvise.
"In any case, I don't fall into any subcategory. The good coach is the one who adapts the game to the characteristics of the players. If I have Modric and Kroos I can't expect to do high pressing. I'd be an idiot if with a striker like Vinicius, who has a motor under his feet, I didn't rely on the counterattack. I'll give you one last example: if I have Ronaldo in front of me I study how to get the ball to him often, I don't ask him to exhaust himself by tracking back. It's the same with Ibra. There are two types of players: those who make a difference and those who have to run. Conte must have said that, and if he didn't it's fine too. I've never cultivated an ideology like Guardiolismo, Sarrismo. My creed is team identity."
I can't help but think of Martinelli when I read that.
