Real Madrid’s Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti gives a press conference on the eve of their Spanish League football match against FC Barcelona, at the Ciudad Real Madrid training complex in Valdebebas, outskirts of Madrid, on October 15, 2022. (Photo by PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU / AFP)Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said he was sad to see Chelsea’s slump this season, ahead of their Champions League quarter-final clash on Wednesday.The Italian coach led the Blues between 2009-2011, winning a Premier League and FA Cup double in 2010.Chelsea, 11th in the Premier League, sacked coach Graham Potter at the start of April and hired their former coach Frank Lampard on an interim basis.“I am sad, yes,” Ancelotti told a news conference on Tuesday before the first leg clash at the Santiago Bernabeu.“I have a fantastic memory of this club, of the people that are still working there.“I’m a supporter of Chelsea, of course, because I spent two really nice years there.”Ancelotti, who has a year left to run on his contract with Madrid, said he did not see himself returning to Stamford Bridge for a second stint in charge.“Be back?
No, I hope that Lampard is able to do a fantastic job with them,” added Ancelotti.The Real Madrid coach did not think his extra years of experience compared to Lampard, whom he managed at Chelsea, would make the difference in the tie.“He has 20 years less experience, but that will not change what will happen in the game,” continued Ancelotti.“He was a fantastic player, extraordinary, he knows very well what can happen in these games but experience, in these matches, I don’t think counts for much.“He arrived at the club a week ago, with a lot of players that he already knew, I think he’ll do well in the time that