Davide Ancelotti faithfully served as his father Carlo Ancelotti’s deputy for a long time during his time at Real Madrid, but soon moved away and began his own coaching journey.

His career then took him to Botafogo, where he oversaw 33 matches as the first-team manager and racked up fifteen wins and ten draws in that period.

Now, he is appointed as the manager of Lille in Ligue 1 and has started off the season decently with three wins, a draw and two losses in six games, averaging over 1.5 points per game.

Davide Ancelotti was Carlo Ancelotti’s second for long. (Photo by Angel Martinez/Getty Images)

Given his time at Real Madrid , Davide Ancelotti was asked if a soft-handed manager or a strict manager worked out better at Real Madrid, to which he said,

“With a balance between the two. It’s a dressing room like any other, with a lot of personality and a lot of ego.”

“And when there is a lot of ego, you have to make sure it doesn’t become the negative side of ego: arrogance or selfishness,” he added

Speaking on how the ego affects the internal dressing room dynamics but is also a necessary evil, he said,