Some say that the past times seem better and although there may be a yearning for Mourinho in some aspects, Ancelotti's Real Madrid has shown a clear improvement on the Portuguese's final season at the club when taking a look at the statistics.
In Mourinho's third season, Real had already thrown away the league, with an 11-point gap from Barcelona from 13 games and 8 points off Atlético - both teams also have the same points tally (37 and 34) at the same point of the season.
In addition, 'Los Blancos' had fallen at the hands of Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League and were heading for a second-place finish in the group stages. This led to a difficult tie against Manchester United in the last-eight of the competition, who came close to eliminating Madrid early on.
Despite the wave of criticism towards Carlo Ancelotti this season and the fact that his side has barely reached its expected level of performance, this season's Real has accumulated five more points in La Liga (31 compared to 26) than last season's side under Mourinho. The team is six points off the top-spot and still in with a shout at winning the league. In the Champions League, Real has ten points and has played in Turin, meaning that the first position in the group is practically in the bag.
Mourinho failed to win a trophy in his final season at the club, which means his successor has an easy task if he wants to go one better.
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