Arrigo Sacchi, on the sidelines of the ‘Allenamente’ meeting promoted by Ics at the tennis club at the Foro Italico, also spoke about Inter
“Are there any ‘visionary realists’ in football today? Yes I’m here. Football is very conditioned by the history and culture of a country. Why were we doing catenaccio? Because they had always invaded us all. And why did we individually think why? If you take 10 Italian people, one goes left, the other goes right. The other goes behind, the other goes forward. We are a people who are not a people. And therefore football is a consequence. Did the founding fathers think of it as a team or offensive sport? In Italy we have turned it upside down into a defensive individual sport. This country is tactical, not strategic.” Thus the former coach Arrigo Sacchi, on the sidelines of the ‘Allenamente’ meeting promoted by Ics at the tennis club at the Foro Italico where the former coach presented his book ‘The visionary realist’.
Can De Rossi be a visionary realist? De Rossi is a good person and this is already a lot. He is a golden boy and I wish him all the best. Did I expect it? I was curious, he had gone to Ferrara to Spal but he hadn’t done well. Imagine, if a conductor needs a drummer and they bring him a violinist… But in Italian football this happens” added Sacchi.
Also for this reason, he continues, from tomorrow’s Roma-Milan “I expect a good match. Every now and then we play them. Roma has improved: Rome is a city that engulfs you, overwhelms you. They were doing well, but in Lecce the owners of they missed seven goals at home. If Pioli gave the OK to these players, is he responsible.”
Moving on to the national team, the former coach notes that he has to work miracles. First the coach who didn’t train the team at all, he went to get a group. I took the one from Milan, there was a block but now it’s not possible and we never gave a style of play. We are an old people. Let’s hope for the best, I see it as very tough.” Finally, Inter and their extraordinary season: “they deserve the scudetto. Unfortunately they fell in the Champions League when they couldn’t resist. If you play against a Spanish team, you must not give them space. They are very good at space. Against Atletico Madrid , Inter played with 6 defenders.”
