MUNICH (AP) — Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has apologized upon his return to Bayern Munich for not remembering his German.
“Ich habe vergessen (I have forgotten),” the Italian coach said on Monday in his only words in German before the teams meet on Tuesday for the first leg of their Champions League semifinal.
Ancelotti coached Bayern for just over a year during 2016-17 and won the Bundesliga, but the league title alone is not always enough to sate ambitions at the Bavarian powerhouse.
Bayern had won the previous four Bundesligas. After Ancelotti made it five in a row, Bayern won the next six.
Ancelotti was forced out after a shaky start to the 2017-18 season. Losing to Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 was the final straw for club chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.
“Unfortunately, we weren’t as successful back then as he is now at Real,” Bayern midfielder Joshua Kimmich said on Monday.
Camilla wore very rare brooch to Easter Sunday service in touching nod to her mother
Inside Harry Kane's family life with devoted wife Katie Goodland after the couple's car crash scare
Kansas takes control in the ninth and beats Kansas State in the opener of the Big 12 Tournament
Ashley Roberts puts on a leggy display in a tiny mini
ESTHER RANTZEN: I asked Mail readers to help me plan my funeral. Your choices
Queen Camilla, Princess Anne and Sarah Ferguson all don traditional spring shade
At least 6 Egyptian women die after vehicle slides off ferry and plunges into Nile River
Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi drives wife Princess Beatrice and his son Wolfie and sister
Hush money trial: Trump witness Costello back on the stand after admonishment
I got married at the top of a 2,600