Napoli have sacked Carlo Ancelotti from the post of manager a few hours after leading the club to qualification among the top 16 teams in the Champions League.

Ancelotti’s dismissal comes hours after he led Napoli to a 4-0 win over Genk and qualifying in the 1/8 of the Champions League final.

Napoli announced in a Twitter post that he has decided to dismiss Ancelotti from the position of first-team coach.

“Napoli have decided to remove Carlo Ancelotti from the post of first-team coach,” the club said in a statement.

“The friendly relations, admiration and mutual respect between the club, the club president and Carlo Ancelotti remain intact,” the statement said.

Sky Sport reports that Ancelotti had a brief meeting with Naples President Aurelio De Laurenttis who communicated to him the decision to dismiss him.

After the match against Genk, Ancelotti told a news conference that he did not intend to resign.

Napoli are going through a very poor form in Serie A this season, as they remain in 7th place with only 21 points after 15 games.

Juventus superstar Cristiano Ronaldo may not be the all-time leading goal-scorer in football history, according to a new study by IFFHS.

The 36-year-old Portuguese striker scored his record 760th goal against Napoli last month in the Italian Super Cup 2-0 victory.

And Ronaldo at the time with the goal scored transferred in front of Slavia Prague icon Josef Bican.

However, it has been discussed whether or not the Juventus star is the official record holder for the best goal scorer in football history.

The Czech Football Federation has argued that Ronaldo did not break Bican’s record, saying “Josef Bican scored 821 goals in official matches”.

Football legend Pele has also claimed he has scored over 1,000 goals, with Brazilian club Santos echoing his bold statement.

The International Federation of Football History and Statistics has now released data on the ranking of records and records at all times in the world.

According to IFFHS, Ronaldo was named the third top scorer when his goals for Portugal were lifted.

This means that the five-time Golden Ball winner is 28 goals away from a draw with the record for best scorer.

The IFFHS named Brazilian legend Romario at the top of the list, saying former PSV Eindhoven star scored 689 goals.

With five goals behind Romario is Pele, with IFFHS claiming that the Santos legend has a record of 684 goals in his name.

Bican finished fourth with 656 goals and Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi was ranked fifth with 651 goals scored.

Chelsea coach Frank Lampard wants his team to learn from Tuesday’s defeat against Bayern Munich to the level of play they need to play in the Champions League knockout stage.

Chelsea suffered a 3-0 defeat in the first leg of the 1/8 of the Champions League final against Germany’s reigning champion on Tuesday, due to two goals by Serge Gnabryt and a goal by Robert Lewandowski at Stamford Bridge.

The Londoners had some periods when they tried to pressure, but rarely tested goalkeeper Manuel Neuer. Marcos Alonso was booked for red card after a VAR misconduct intervention.

Chelsea coach Lampard acknowledged that his team could learn a lot from that match and said they would have to use this victory in a positive way to understand the level they need to play in the Champions League.

“This is football of this level. Bayern Munich’s level was fantastic, they have a really good team, I was aware of that, “Lampard said at the post-match press conference.

“Unless we manage to do everything perfectly, we will find it very difficult. We didn’t do everything right today. They had no confidence when we had the ball, which was the biggest disappointment for me.”

“A difficult lesson, a reality for the level we want to reach – this is Champions League football. As a club we haven’t been in the knockout phase for several years and that’s the reality of what to do.