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Carlo Ancelotti survives his first Bayern beer shower as Philipp Lahm gets his sendoff

All the best bits from Bayern’s Bundesliga victory celebration


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A 4–1 win over Freiburg finished off Bayern Munich’s fifth consecutive Bundesliga title and both Philipp Lahm and Xabi Alonso’s career. It also marked the long overdue end of Carlo Ancelotti’s beer-bath virginity.

Also, David Alaba gave Arjen Robben a new head of hair.

Then Robben passed on the favor.

Here’s video of the beer tsunami (the GoPro on the glass was an inspired innovation):

Amidst the joy was a bit of sadness as Lahm and Alonso said goodbye

But the casual cool of Ancelotti in lederhosen remains.

One final thing you have to see: Manuel Neuer keeping his injured foot elevated while wearing his full kit and waving his hands in the air like he just doesn’t care.

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Carlo Ancelotti managed his 1,000th match and all he got was a giant pretzel (and an 8–0 win)

The ultimate payoff for a long and successful career


Bayern’s match against Hamburg on Saturday marked Carlo Ancelotti’s 1,000th as a manager and to celebrate the occasion, the club gave him a big-ass Bavarian pretzel shaped like the №1,000 before kickoff.

I would’ve taken that thing back to the dugout and eaten all of it before halftime, but the magic of Ancelotti’s eyebrow is that it was able to resist the allure of a carb-coma to lead Bayern to an 8–0 win. Yes, 8–0.

After the match, Ancelotti had to admit that the day couldn’t have gotten much better. From Reuters:

“A perfect day, a perfect game,” said Ancelotti. “The team played an outstanding game and I could not be happier.”

“I told my players before the game that I wanted a good match for my anniversary. I never thought it would be that good. I hope we show the same attitude in our next game.”

If Arsenal have any designs on coming back from their 5–1 first-leg deficit to Bayern in the Champions League, they now know that gifts of large pretzels won’t help their cause.


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Carlo Ancelotti and his eyebrow bring Oktoberfest to new heights

A day after only managing a 1-1 draw against Cologne, Bayern held their annual Oktoberfest celebration. Though new manager Carlo Ancelotti didn’t appear to match former manager Pep Guardiola’s level of drunkenness, he did bring his own eyebrow-arching flair to the event. And now I think I’m drunk off the sight of Ancelotti looking like a Bavarian farmer.

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Carlo Ancelotti holds up lederhosen on his first day at Bayern Munich

After a year away from the game (making cameos in Star Trek films), Carlo Ancelotti was officially unveiled as Bayern Munich’s new manager on Monday. And he was promptly presented with a pair of lederhosen. As a result, I am now counting down the days until Oktoberfest. The thought of him wearing the traditional Bavarian garb is just too much to bear.

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Cristiano Ronaldo hints at starting a farm supply business with Carlo Ancelotti

Since Carlo Ancelotti delivered Real Madrid’s long awaited 10th Champions League title last season instead of this season, club president Florentino Perez is reportedly itching to sack him now. So after Real Madrid’s final match of the season — a 7-3 win against Getafe that left them just two points shy of Barcelona’s tremendous title winning campaign — Ancelotti revealed his feelings on the matter.

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