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Real Madrid coach Ancelotti goes on trial in Spain for tax evasion

Carlo Ancelotti

Real Madrid's Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti gestures as he celebrates his team's victory during their Uefa Champions League final match against Liverpool at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on May 28, 2022.
 

Photo credit: Anne-Christine Poujoulat | AFP

By  Reuters

What you need to know:

  • Ancelotti, a former player who was capped 26 times for Italy and played in the 1990 World Cup, returned to Real Madrid for a second stint as coach in 2021.
  • He has won the Champions League five times as a coach, twice with AC Milan and three times with Real.

Madrid

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti told a Spanish court on Wednesday he had believed his tax affairs were legal as he testified in a trial in which he is accused of failing to pay 1 million euros ($1.08 million) in tax on image rights revenue.

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