CARLO'S DARKEST HOURS.Byline: JOHN CROSS CARLO ANCELOTTI Carlo Ancelotti (born June 10, 1959 in Reggiolo) is a former footballer and current coach of Serie A club A.C. Milan. He is currently the longest-tenured manager in Serie A, having been with Milan since November 2001. last night admitted he was just one game away from the sack - and becoming an electrician. Ancelotti has made a perfect start to his managerial career at Chelsea but it nearly went horribly wrong in his first job in charge of Reggiana. The European Cup-winning boss faced a win-or-bust match at Venezia to save his fledgling coaching career. Ancelotti, who studied for five years to qualify as an electrician while still playing, said: "That was going to be my last game if we'd lost. "But we won 3-0 and we were winning after 20 minutes by that scoreline scoreline n (SPORT) → resultado final scoreline n (Sport) → score m scoreline n (SPORT . "In Italy there's a lot of pressure on the coach, from the fans and from the directors, from the press too. It's different. Totally different. "I studied for five years to be an electrician while I was captain of Roma. "I did an examination and I have a licence. But I don't like being an electrician, believe me. I made a mistake making that choice." CHELSEA yesterday received the FIFA FIFA International Association Football Federation [French Fédération Internationale de Football Association] FIFA n abbr (= Fédération Internationale de Football Association) → FIFA f document detailing the reasons for their ban from all transfers for 16 months following the signing of Gael Kakuta. They will study the documents before deciding their next move. CAPTION(S): DOWN TO WIRE Ancelotti nearly became an electrician |
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