It took Ancelotti four months to lay the ghost of Guardiola to rest
Four months is all the time it took for Carlo Ancelotti and Bayern Munich to forget Pep Guardiola; his automatisms, his philosophy and his special way of spying on his players for 24 hours a day.
Pep wanted to impose a certain way of playing, but there was no way to change the mentality of some players.
In any event, Ancelotti didn't like the system and the totalitarian ideas because his style is, above all, for a direct, vertical game.
This does not mean that he despised all of Guardiola's methods, but the be all and end all for the Italian is the result, and if that means operating in different ways, so be it.
On his arrival at Bayern he found some players who only saw a winning solution by creating a beautiful game with lots of touches of the ball.
Team talks have continued throughout the season because, even after the winter break, the influence of Guardiola is still prevalent in some aspects of team play, meaning Ancelotti is struggling to get players to move position.
The best example has been and is Thiago Alcantara, considered the most talented player in the group.
Ancelotti believes he is a successor to Andrea Pirlo and wants to move him to where his football will yield more and better results in the very near future - just ahead of the defence.
Thomas Muller has not been well throughout the season and physical problems have not allowed him to play as he used to.
He's not completed many games, something that has also afflicted Renato Sanches.
Douglas Costa, the man capable of turning a match, has the opposite problem and often doesn't start because of injuries.
Ancelotti awaits Wednesday's match without the need for revenge because he still feels madridista.
He wants to win to eliminate the opposition, but nothing more than that.
Last minute injuries could prove problematic and with the Bundesliga virtually wrapped up, the Italian knows that everything is on the line against Real.
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