Franck Ribery has labelled Carlo Ancelotti as a "champion in all
respects" and hailed the positive atmosphere the Italian has created at
Bayern Munich.
Since replacing Pep Guardiola as head coach at the Allianz Arena in the summer, Ancelotti has led Bayern to DFL-Supercup glory against Borussia Dortmund and started their DFB-Pokal and Bundesliga campaigns with 5-0 and 6-0 thrashings of Carl Zeiss Jena and Werder Bremen respectively.
Ribery was one of the critics of Guardiola's style, telling Bild in July that the Manchester City boss "lacks experience" and "talks too much" but the France winger says Ancelotti has already created a strong bond in the dressing room.
"Carlo Ancelotti is a chilled, accessible guy," he told Goal. "He loves his players, that's what we realise. He is looking for contact, he laughs with us, he asks us how we are every day. This relationship is important.
"It's important you can have fun together. If you spend so much time with each other you can't talk all the time only about football.
"Ancelotti is positive all the time. I've never heard a player who criticised him. To have a good team and good players is the one thing. To have a good close relationship is the other thing.
"Ancelotti is a champion in all respects. Otherwise it would be impossible to create such a harmonious atmosphere. That's how you are successful together."
Since replacing Pep Guardiola as head coach at the Allianz Arena in the summer, Ancelotti has led Bayern to DFL-Supercup glory against Borussia Dortmund and started their DFB-Pokal and Bundesliga campaigns with 5-0 and 6-0 thrashings of Carl Zeiss Jena and Werder Bremen respectively.
Ribery was one of the critics of Guardiola's style, telling Bild in July that the Manchester City boss "lacks experience" and "talks too much" but the France winger says Ancelotti has already created a strong bond in the dressing room.
"Carlo Ancelotti is a chilled, accessible guy," he told Goal. "He loves his players, that's what we realise. He is looking for contact, he laughs with us, he asks us how we are every day. This relationship is important.
"It's important you can have fun together. If you spend so much time with each other you can't talk all the time only about football.
"Ancelotti is positive all the time. I've never heard a player who criticised him. To have a good team and good players is the one thing. To have a good close relationship is the other thing.
"Ancelotti is a champion in all respects. Otherwise it would be impossible to create such a harmonious atmosphere. That's how you are successful together."
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