Kunyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekukwezva kufarira kwakasimba kubva kuInter Milan, pakati pa1979, Ancelotti akaendeswa kuRoma, uye akaita Serie A yake yekutanga mukukwikwidza 0<unk>0 kurwisa AC Milan musi wa16 Gunyana. Pasi pemutungamiri Nils Liedholm, akaiswa semuputi kana wepakati wepakati uye akazova mumwe wevatambi vakakosha vekirabhu muchikwata chaive nemhando dzeBrazil nyeredzi midfielders Falcão naToninho Cerezo, pamwe nevatambi venhabvu veItaly Roberto Pruzzo, Bruno Conti, Agostino Di Bartolomei, naPietro Vierchowod, pakarepo kuhwina mazita akateedzana eCoppa Italia mumwaka wake wekutanga maviri nekirabhu. Mumwaka wake misere pachikwata ichi, akahwina Coppa Italia kanokwana kana (1980, 1981, 1984 na1986). Pashure pokurwisana nokukuvara kwemabvi, uye kutarisira nzvimbo yechipiri neyechitatu mu 1981
Ancelotti akabatsira kutungamirira chikwata kukunda nhoroondo yeItaly championship muna 1983, chikwata chechipiri chechikwata chechikwata munhoroondo yavo. Mwaka wakatevera, akatobatsira Roma kuhwina imwe Coppa Italia zita uye kusvika kumagumo eEuropean Cup muna 1984, kunyangwe akarasikirwa nemagumo nekuda kwekukuvara sezvo Roma yakakundwa neLiverpool pazvirango paStadio Olimpico muRome. Akagadzwa kaputeni wechikwata muna 1985 pasi pemaneja mutsva wekirabhu Sven-Göran Eriksson, uye akashanda semurairidzi kumudiki wepakati Giuseppe Giannini, sezvo Roma yakakunda Coppa Italia, asi zvakare akarasikirwa nemutambo weligi panguva ya1985-86 Serie A mwaka, achipedza ari wechipiri mushure meJuventus.