Ancelotti Sacked in Humiliation!
Almost overnight, major media outlets around the world began reporting this explosive news.
On the evening of May 22, in the final match of the Premier League season, Chelsea lost 1–0 away to Everton. On the team bus returning from Liverpool to London, Ancelotti received the club's decision. At the same time, Chelsea released an official announcement.
Ancelotti had been sacked!
It was a decision that came out of the blue, yet was also within everyone's expectations.
It was expected because, since last year, the British media had constantly been hyping up news of Ancelotti's dismissal. Yet the Italian had held on until this season. It was sudden because Chelsea's decision had come with such impatience: less than two hours after the final match ended, they had announced the head coach's execution.
At the post-match press conference, Ancelotti had even said that his future would be decided within a week. Yet just over an hour later, he received the news that he had been fired while on the team bus.
According to information the Daily Mail obtained from inside Chelsea, everyone on the bus had been stunned at the time. Ancelotti himself had been extremely surprised, but could only accept it. After returning to London, he went to a bar with several of the team's players and partied all night.
"Terry, Lampard, Ashley Cole, and the other core Chelsea players all didn't want him to leave."
Manchester United manager Ferguson publicly stated in the media that he could not understand why Chelsea had fired Ancelotti. After all, Ancelotti's results at Chelsea had not been poor. He had won the league and the FA Cup Double Crown in his first season, and although he had come away empty-handed in his second, he had still finished as league