Real Madrid Bayern Munich coach backing former side

After a 6-0 win in the opening fixture of the Bundesliga season, Bayern Munich will take some stopping and while coach Carlo Ancelotti is focused on helping the club lift a fifth consecutive title, the Italian also predicted former club Real Madrid would be crowned champions in Spain.

Ancelotti left the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu at the end of the 2014/15 season but with his reputation as one of Europe's elite coaches intact, the 57-year-old was appointed Pep Guardiola's successor at Bayern Munich.

"In Spain it is difficult, but I think that after so many years Real Madrid will win the league title and Cristiano Ronaldo will be the top scorer", Ancelotti told Italian television.

Los Blancos have not enjoyed quite such an emphatic start to LaLiga as Ancelotti's Bayern but that didn't stop the three-time Champions League winning coach from tipping Real to recapture the trophy.