The last name in order of appearance, Roberto Martinez coach of Portugal, brought it out the Corriere dello Sport. We read about Milan. Wide-eyed. Disbelief. First pages plus homepage, e Calciomercato.com obviously this is no exception, Lopetegui he goes from pole position to the forced pit stop. Thanks to fans. Then, “thank you”… But can we thank the fans for their advice on the coach?
Honestly – as Annalisa sings and as this column is titled – the fans can participate as well as cheer. But participation in the choice of a coach should be limited to three, maximum four figures. The classic ones: president, CEO, general manager and sports manager. Instead, expanded castings are in fashion. Those of the cinema. As De Laurentiis did a year ago, accumulating CVs and job interviews. Me too’Inter he had taken that path. Eight years ago, who knows why, Thohir and the apprentice Zhang took DeBoer, perhaps with a perfectable search engine on the requirements of a coach for the Italian championship. A couple of months to get to the exemption, greeted with exultation by the team. Then the casting, precisely. With a Spaniard, Marcelino, who were offered room and board for a couple of nights, waiting for the real proposal to train the team. But the interviews didn’t go well, perhaps. Maybe. For a few years Marcelino has been traveling around Europe like many others. Last sighting at Villarreal: decent season. However, Inter hired him instead Pegs. What a story…
Not history, but rather news, now suggests that Milan should hurry. Last Saturday, with rare untimeliness at the end of the match, the young manager Furlani he had responded to a week of pages on the race for Pioli’s succession. Too late. Everyone knows that almost ten possible candidates have been called. CVs, initials of CVs and also video calls were examined. So, just to look each other in the face and then recognize each other at appointments. All very modern, without making any further irony about the method moneyball which led to half questionable purchases in the last market. But is the right coach chosen like this? With HR casting? “Let’s see what impression he makes on me… He speaks somewhat scholastic English… He promises to work on young people… Preferred playing system 4-2-3-1”. Sorry, but football is serious business. Or at least, it should be. Starting from the choice of the coach. It is right to evaluate all the applications however – since it is Milan – any working method should be elevated to reach, if possible, the history of the club.
Lopetegui rejected by the fans is right. But it gives chills in both form and substance. If a hashtag guy out or Nopetegui becomes crucial, you might as well launch surveys on social media. Without citing historical examples of a club that no longer exists, sorry but Milan needs more. There is no shortage of “Milan” coaches. Conte is clearly the best candidate, Van Bommel a delicious alternative, De Zerbi It has enormous strengths and dangerous flaws, including the reckless support of the Vannaccis of popular football, those of domination and superiority. Alright, let’s leave it alone…
Let’s leave this casting alone too. Maybe today we need to do it like this. But Berlusconi and Galliani didn’t do that… And it’s not nostalgia, eh. It’s just history. Of Milan.
