4 challenges Carlo Ancelotti will have to face at Real Madrid

Barcelona

The Catalan giants had many chinks in their armour last season but comfortably managed to stroll to yet another La Liga title, courtesy Real Madrid’s worst start to a campaign for many years. The brutal carnage at the hands of Bayern Munich would have no doubt alerted the Blaugrana to plug the holes in their leaking defence and they have bolstered their attack further by signing Neymar.

Real Madrid have a squad to match Barcelona and the challenge would lie in motivating and rejuvenating the “Galacticos”, along with a couple of fresh faces, to try and wrestle back the title next season. Ancelotti is known to maximize productivity and output from his senior players and this was clear at AC Milan where he built his dynasty around Maldini, Nesta, Pirlo, Gattuso, Inzaghi and Seedorf. Traces of it were also seen during his double winning season at Chelsea with Didier Drogba grabbing the golden boot and Anelka and Malouda enjoying some of their best days under him.