Carlo Ancelotti he is the best example of how Made in Italy on the bench is synonymous with success all over the world. In Serie A, statistics show that it is an almost indispensable requirement to win the scudetto. In the history of our championship, only 17 foreign coaches have won and in the last forty years only four have succeeded: Liedholm. Boskov, Eriksson and Mourinho who in 2010 was the last to make it. Not even his twin brother who arrived on the Roma bench could imitate him.
The Italian sound works better in Serie A. This is revealed by statistics which can sometimes be more useful than algorithms for making choices. Yet Milan only included foreign names in the list of candidates for the bench, but not people like Klopp so to speak, rather technicians with a CV so unrealistic that they managed to trigger the fans’ strike and bring back the song Pioli is on fire which was now in the past fashionable. The love was over a long time ago but the memory left by the Parma coach will remain forever in the Rossoneri hearts for the man’s value as well as for the scudetto of miracles. Precisely because it had been decided some time ago to change commander, the choice of replacement could have been different from that of Lopetegui (exonerated by the fans even before being hired) or Fonseca who certainly did not leave an indelible memory in Italy and is not, as some would have you believe, a bet like Sacchi or Capello.
Above all it’s not clear why Milan wants to speak foreign at all costs when there were plenty of Italian coaches out there with a great history (Antonio Conte), with an excellent prospect (Roberto De Zerbi) or with undisputed qualities (Maurizio Sarri). Or at least of foreign coaches, but of the Italian school like Thiago Motta chosen by Juventus. The story and advice of an old guru like Arrigo Sacchi they were of no use. The strange Furlani-Ibrahimovic couple went straight on their way towards the foreign choice, without a hint of that originality that had made the fortune of another couple, perhaps even strange, but certainly successful, like the one formed by Berlusconi and Galliani. They too had fallen into the trap by signing Tabarez or Terim, but the story was written with Sacchi and Capello and a small piece with Zaccheroni too.
The Italian does not pass seems to be the favorite motto of Cardinale’s Milan. Even on the pitch, Italians in the Rossoneri shirt are a rarity: not seeing even one AC Milan player among Spalletti’s squad makes a certain impression. Yet even in this case there would be an example of success to follow, that of Inter built by Marotta on a hard core of Italian players who, coincidentally, are also the backbone of the Italian national team.
The Dutch’s Milan would not have won anything without those Italians. Of course Baresi, Maldini, Costacurta, Galli and then Albertini were champions, but history always teaches something. By relying on computers, algorithms or strange preconceptions, you end up changing directions even when there is no need and the reported traffic jam is just a hoax.
