The Italian manager points the finger at the current coach, calling him “arrogant and incapable of forming a group”, and brands the players as a “gang of scared players”. And he mentions the former Juventus coach as a possible replacement: “I spoke to him”.
Let’s replace Allegri with Luciano Spalletti in the national team, Briatore launched the provocation.
The words of Flavio Briatore on the shameful elimination of the national team and its immediate future, starting with the possibility that the current coach will be sacked to make room for another selector, is like throwing petrol on the fire. The former Formula 1 manager defines Luciano Spalletti “arrogant and incapable of forming a group”brand the footballers as “band of scared players”brings up Maximilian Allegri which profile “top” for the role of technical commissioner who would make the Azzurri play as per tradition and without “to imitate others”finally gives reason to Roberto Mancini That “he preferred to leave and not make these fools of himself”. The gloss of the reasoning made in the interview with Politics in the Ball on Radio Rai it is equally scathing: “If I were the Minister of Sport I would dismantle everything”.
Harsh criticism of Spalletti: “Arrogant leader of a gang of fearful people”
Judging by the wave of blame coming from the belly of the country for the poor showing made by Italy, the food for thought offered by Briatore are destined to make a lot of noise. The reigning champions exited the European Championships in an indecent manner, not because they were defeated by Switzerland but because they were beaten without having shown pride, nerve, in the grip of tactical confusion and under-par players that led to the disaster.
“Italy’s elimination from the European Championships was the biggest disaster in the history of the national team. There was great confusion, it seemed like the players were playing their first match in many months, they played with their heads down, they didn’t understand their position. I didn’t understand why he played Fagioli. Perhaps Spalletti was arrogance-bound.”
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Former F1 manager Briatore has expressed a very critical opinion on Spalletti’s experience as coach.
Among the various objections there are still others that target the coach, direct responsibilities that are independent of what the interpreters (on whom he has also unloaded a heavy burden) and the chosen modules can or cannot give on the pitch. He also attributes to Spalletti the very serious demerit of “not having created a group, we had a gang of scared players, Chiesa and Barella seemed to have no personality”. And just to be clear he gives a further example by highlighting the absence of pawns such as “Chiellini wasn’t Pelè, but he didn’t give up and encouraged his teammates”From the grit of the former Juve defender to a soft approach, it is also in this vortex that the national team has been sucked. “It seemed that when the referee blew the final whistle our players were relieved”.
A gang of scared players, that’s how Briatore described the Italy he saw at the European Championships.
Allegri top ct: “He told me we have to play like Italy historically does”
Spalletti remains in his position for now. There is no sign of resignation, even the federal president, Gabriel Gravinaremains in his position and has no intention of feeding the coach to the public moods. According to Briatore, however, the right person for the national team is someone else and he has no qualms about giving the name of Massimiliano Allegri, explaining why and also revealing that he spoke to him, reporting opinions on the Azzurri.
“Per would be the best coach both for the experience he has and because he could work without the daily pressure. I spoke to him when the match with Switzerland wasn’t over yet and he told me that we should play like Italy always did. We are not Spain and it makes no sense to imitate other national teams. And without Donnarumma we would have conceded five goals from everyone”.
Briatore on Mancini: “He did the right thing in leaving, he understood the level we had”
The consideration on the European Championships won in 2021 and the devastation that occurred in recent days also gave Briatore the hook to return to the former coach, Roberto Mancini, and the choice to give up everything with the qualifications underway to accept the rich contract of Saudi Arabia after the triumph at Wembley.
Briatore made it clear that Mancini was right in wanting to leave the national team.
“We don’t have top-level players and nobody wants ours abroad,” added the entrepreneur. “And given what happened, if I were the Minister of Sport I would dismantle everything. We need young and motivated people, who have the mentality to win. Mancini? After him it was a tragedy. He had understood everything… what level we had. He preferred to leave and not make these fools of himself. And you can’t blame him.”
