FONTANA NAPLES ITALY EXCLUSIVE – Guest on the show Football Timebroadcast on the social channels of EuropaCalcio.it, Gaetano Fontana54 years old and with a long and important career as a midfielder behind him, commented on Italy’s European debacle, which on Saturday was outclassed by Switzerland 2-0.
Thus the coach, this season at the helm of Latina: “The victory of the European Championship in 2021 has certainly hidden several problems. Let’s also consider the fact that now even the “smaller” national teams have grown and become competitive.
I consider Spalletti a great coach, who tried to bring tactical innovations but then had to put the handbrake on: he had ideas that were not compatible with the human material he had available.
There are many things to think about. For example, when I played a team could have a maximum of three foreigners. And more generally, our clubs struggle to bring out young players. But then again, we expect the kids to be ready right away like veterans, and so at the first mistake or the first bad match they end up in oblivion and are therefore burned. I can understand the expectation of having young players ready, but then you first have to train the athlete as best as possible, both physically and tactically.“.
FONTANA NAPLES ITALY EXCLUSIVE – Then on the Napoliwhere he played in the two-year period 2004-2006, that is in Serie C in the first two years of the Aurelio De Laurentiis era: “Napoli was the prize of my life. Winning was the imperative since we were Serie C players in a Champions League team. Unfortunately, the first year we didn’t manage to get promoted but we redeemed ourselves twelve months later.
Ventura? We had already had an approach when I was at Alessandria and he was coaching Lecce for a possible transfer of mine to Salento, but then nothing more came of it. Unfortunately in Naples it didn’t go well also because he found himself managing a group created in just a few days and with players who had all done a different preparation. Now that I coach too I can confirm that it’s a situation that is never easy. Reja also had an initial learning phase“.
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