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Carlo Ancelotti happy to see red with Manchester United on menu

Source: guardian.co.uk Sport

Nov 07, 2009

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Chelsea's Italian manager has restored the club's direction and is ready to renew an old rivalry

Carlo Ancelotti is not exactly sure, but he thinks it was a bottle of Brunello di Montalcino, a fine red wine from the hills to the south-west of Florence, that he produced when Alex Ferguson joined him for a drink in the aftermath of a thunderous European Cup semi-final at the Stadio delle Alpi in April 1999.

Two weeks earlier, after Ancelotti's Juventus held Manchester United to a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford, Ferguson had offered his rival the customary drink to celebrate what he called "a fantastic game", in which the Italian club's hopes of victory had been ended by a last-minute equaliser from Ryan Giggs. "I was a bit angry and upset," Ancelotti said yesterday. "But after the red wine it was better."

In Turin a fortnight later the Zidane-inspired Juventus went two goals up in the first 10 minutes of the return leg, only to be pegged back by half-time and ultimately deflated as United fought their way to the final. It had been a titanic battle on a cold and wet nigh

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