Real Madrid part ways with Ancelotti

Real Madrid have fired head coach Carlo Ancelotti after the Spanish giants failed to win any major silverware during the 2014/15 campaign.
Ancelotti led Real to their tenth European Cup success last season but has been shown the door after they finished runners-up to Barcelona in La Liga and lost to Juventus in the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League.
Real president Florentino Perez held a meeting with Ancelotti on Monday afternoon where he told the former AC Milan, Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain boss, who had one year left on his contract, that his services were no longer required.
“I would like to inform you that the board has taken the decision to relieve Carlo Ancelotti of his post as Real Madrid coach,” Perez said at a press conference.
“It was a very difficult decision to make; the demands at this club are the utmost because Madrid always wants to win silverware.
“The affection that the players and the fans have for Carlo is the same as the affection I myself have for him. What did Ancelotti do wrong? I don’t know. The demands here at Real Madrid are very