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'What a surprise!' - Arsene Wenger cracks joke as Carlo Ancelotti wins The Best FIFA Men's Coach award for Real Madrid double

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<p>Ancelotti received the Best FIFA Men's Coach Award 2024 after guiding Real Madrid to La Liga and Champions League titles in the 2023/24 season. The Italian coach accepted the prize from legendary ex-Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger who jokingly said "What a surprise" while announcing the Los Blancos boss' name.  </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="nl" dir="ltr">👔 <a href="https://twitter.com/MrAncelotti?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MrAncelotti</a> is <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheBest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheBest</a> FIFA Men's Coach 2024!</p>— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) <a href="https://twitter.com/FIFAWorldCup/status/1869078217761382831?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>This was Ancelotti's second major award of the year after being named the <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/carlo-ancelotti-men-s-coach-of-year-ballon-d-or-ceremony-xabi-alonso-pep-guardiola/blt4f9630905d966f8d" target="_blank">Men's Coach of the Year at the Ballon d'Or ceremony</a> in March. Real Madrid stars dominated the FIFA award ceremony as <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/kylian-mbappe-vinicius-jr-jude-bellingham-fifpro-mens-world-xi-2024-real-madrid/bltf277cc5ba8eb6c2c#cs554a100c1cbfa760" target="_blank">five of them were named in the FIFPro Men's World XI</a> for 2024. Vinicius Jr, on the other hand, bagged <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/redemption-vinicius-jr-real-madrid-the-best-fifa-men-s-player-2024-losing-ballon-d-or-rodri/bltea4d0a5cb48dc9a0" target="_blank">The Best FIFA Men's Player for 2024 award</a>. </p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>After accepting his prize, the 65-year-old said: "A lot of players here [I coached]! I'm really honoured to receive this award. I'd like to thank FIFA and president Gianni Infantino. I want to share this with my club Real Madrid and president Florentino Perez to give me the opportunity to be the manager of the best club in the world. I have to share with my players that they sometimes listen to me!   </p><p>"I have to pay thanks to my family - my wife Mariann who supports me with peace and love which is important for my job. I started in 1976, 48 years in football. Football has given me a lot of emotions, sometimes positive but sometimes negative. But emotion is the only reason that after 48 years I'm still alive!"</p>

WHAT CARLO ANCELOTTI SAID

<p>The reigning Spanish champions will be next seen in action on Wednesday as they take on Liga MX side Pachuca in the final of the inaugural Intercontinental Cup in Qatar. </p>

WHAT NEXT FOR REAL MADRID?

'What a surprise!' - Arsene Wenger cracks joke as Carlo Ancelotti wins The Best FIFA Men's Coach award for Real Madrid double | Goal.com India

Arsene Wenger handed over the The Best FIFA Men&apos;s Coach award to Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti.