Raffaele Palladino in a year and a half he went from becoming an emerging trainer to being an established technician A league. The seasons leading the Monza they cannot go unnoticed, but from which coach did you learn the most to obtain these results? It was Palladino himself who revealed it, in the press conference presenting the challenge with Lecce. We need to go back to his years… to Juventus.
Palladino: “Deschamps was an inspiration”
Palladino experienced the Juventus world as a footballer, from the Primavera up to the first team, when in the 2006/07 season he played in the Serie B championship. And the coach of the season in the junior team was his inspiration: “The coach from whom I learned the most in group management is Didier Deschamps. He had it when I was young, I learned a lot from him. He had the great ability to treat everyone the same, from the greatest champions to the smallest player in the squad, which was me. I like training kids, observing their growth, following them on the pitch but also giving them advice on lifestyle or nutrition. In modern football the mental aspect is very important“.
Maldini’s exploits and the European dream
The focus returns to current events. After the defeat against Atalanta, he is now facing Lecce: “There are 5 races left, we will do everything we can to end the season in the best possible way, with hunger and mentality as we have done up to now. We are friends with Gotti, he is an intelligent coach, since he has been there Lecce have only lost to Milan. They are a tough team to face, who are good at counterattacks and have physical strength“.
So instead on the exploit of Daniel Maldini: “I’m happy, among other things he gave us a great hand. He came from a difficult period in Empoli, there was a certain skepticism from a media point of view around him for his arrival at Monza, but he fit in great and grew. The credit goes to him and to the group, which welcomed him in the best possible way“. Finally the not-so-hidden dream: “We must try to score as many points as possible: the goal was salvation, the dream could be Europe or it could still be Europe. We don’t know, it’s a very strange and balanced championship and I told the team this. We can score points with all of them and lose with all of them“.
