Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid will visit Napoli on Tuesday and according to a report by La Gazzetta dello Sport, the Merengue team is staying at the same hotel where the Italian tactician was sacked by Aurelio De Laurentiis in 2019.

Napoli and Real Madrid will meet at Stadio Maradona on Tuesday evening in their second Champions League group stage match. The La Liga giants will land in Naples on Monday and, according to a report by Gazzetta, they will stay at the Vesuvio Hotel, where Ancelotti learned of his sacking on December 10, 2019.

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The Italian tactician had just defeated Genk 4-0 in the Champions League, but Napoli’s poor results in the league and a dressing room riot in November convinced De Laurentiis to fire the Italian tactician. According to Gazzetta, Ancelotti informally tried to convince the ADL to change its mind, but the ADL went ahead and named Gennaro Gattuso as his replacement.

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Gazzetta affirmed that the relationship between Ancelotti and ADL is still good and he has no regrets about the past. However, the Partenopei eventually won the Serie A title under Luciano Spalletti in 2023. Meanwhile, Ancelotti became the most successful coach in the Champions League, returning to Real Madrid from Everton and lifting the trophy. big ears in 2022.