Carlo Ancelotti has managed in all the top leagues across
Europe and the Italian took some time off his busy
schedule to predict who will win La Liga, Premier League,
Ligue 1 and Serie A and who will be the top scorer in each
of those leagues.
This year's La Liga title race promises to go down to the
wire with both Real Madrid and Barcelona looking very
strong. Speaking to Rai productions, Ancelotti analysed
Europe's major leagues and gave his predictions.
"In Spain, it is going to be difficult, but I think after several
years of not winning it, Real Madrid will return to win
the league and Cristiano will end as the top scorer."
Real Madrid last won the league in 2011/12 season under
Jose Mourinho, and have since then fallen short of their
great rivals Barcelona and Atletico Madrid in the title race.
However, Ancelotti has backed his former club to outsmart
Barcelona and Atletico in the title race.
In Serie A, unsurprisingly, Ancelotti chose Juventus as
favourites to claim an incredible 6th straight Scudetto title.
Although the Turin giants have lost Pogba to Manchester
United this summer, they have strenghtened their squad
considerably with the arrival of players like Gonzalo
Higuain, Miralem Pjanic and Dani Alves. Ancelotti picked
Higuain to live up to his prize tag and finish as Serie A's
top scorer.
Ligue 1, he picked Paris Saint Germain to blow away the
competition like last season. The Ligue 1 champs might
have lost to Monaco before the international break, but the
Italian believes that PSG have too much quality in their
squad to miss out on the Ligue 1 title. He also picked
Cavani to win the Golden boot in France. The Uruguayan
has been in woeful form at the start of the season, but
Ancelotti expects him to soon rediscover his goalscoring
form.
Ancelotti seemed hesitant to put his neck out and predict a
winner in the Premier League, but he eventually went for
Pep Guardiola's Manchester City, although he believed
Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be top scorer. Both the
Manchester sides along with Chelsea have got off to perfect
starts winning 3 out of 3 and it will indeed be interesting to
see who comes out on top in the Premier League this
season.
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