Carlo Ancelotti will make his Boxing Day debut in the Premier League with Everton. Boxing Day match in the English Premier League 2019-2020, Thursday (12/26/2019), will mark Carlo Ancelotti’s debut as coach of Everton.
Carlo Ancelotti officially became coach of Everton who recently fired coach Marco Silva on 5 December 2019. In the span of 15 days of the coach’s vacant position, Everton temporarily appointed Duncan Ferguson as a caretaker.
Then, Everton had to face Burnley at Goodison Park on Boxing day. Burnley is currently ranked 10th in the Premier League standings, while Everton are 15th.
With Carlo Ancelotti now on the bench, Everton can be optimistic that they will be able to win. Ancelotti has an impressive record regarding the results of his debut match with a club.
He always won in the last decade, namely since 1999 when dealing with Juventus. His debut at Juventus was to win the Italian League match against Piacenza 2-0, 14 February 1999.
Then Ancelotti’s first match with AC Milan was to defeat Perugia 3-0 at the Coppa Italia, 13 November 2001. Together with Chelsea, Ancelotti won his first match in the Community Shield against Manchester United, 9 August 2009, despite having to go on penalties.
At PSG, Ancelotti’s debut was in the French Cup match against Locmine, January 8, 2011. He won 2-1. Ancelotti won again when he first handled Real Madrid in the Spanish League against Real Betis with a score of 2-1, August 18, 2013.
When dealing with Bayern Munich, Ancelotti won his first match, namely in the DFL Supercup against Borussia Dortmund 2-0, August 14, 2016. Finally at Napoli, Ancelotti brought his team to a 2-1 win over Lazio in their debut match in the Italian League on August 19, 2018.
Ancelotti only failed to win the debut match at the beginning of his coaching career. In Reggiana, his debut was a 0-0 match against Palermo in the Coppa Italia, August 20, 1995. About a year later, August 28, 1996, Ancelotti’s debut with Parma was also made in the Coppa Italia, where his team lost 1-3 to Pescara.
In addition, Carlo Ancelotti dares to promise an attractive game ahead of his first match with Everton. “I want to play a good style of football in this team. I don’t know if I can, but I will try.” , he said. “In just three days you can’t do much, but I want to give you some ideas about how I want to play,” he added.
Will that really happen? We’ll wait and watch
