To Sky: «the commandments, the PlayStation, quotes the prodigal son for Fagioli. He makes a complete twenty-second speech and then it’s not clear what he means.”
Mg Leipzig (Germany) 06/24/2024 – Euro 2024 / Croatia-Italy / photo Matteo Gribaudi/Image Sport in the photo: Luciano Spalletti
Aldo Grasso criticizes Luciano Spalletti on Speciale Calciomercato. Invited by Bonan’s Sky Sport broadcast, the TV critic from Corriere della Sera makes a ruthless analysis of Spalletti’s communication. He talks about oracular language, about religiosity. Concepts very similar to those expressed by Napolista (here we wrote about Spalletti as preacher coach).
These are the words of Aldo Grasso to Special Calciomercato
«In the images seen Spalletti always concludes by saying “this is my thoughts”. I had the impression that when he was appointed coach of the national team, he didn’t just want to coach Napoli but he wanted to do something more, almost a sort of religion of the national team. And that is, he began to remove the PlayStation, he added the commandments, he used the parable of the prodigal son to summon Fagioli, he invited the ten prophets of beautiful football. He put the six commandments, not ten, but he limited himself to six commandments. That is, he didn’t just want to change the national team, he wanted to change the world. And when you take these steps of wanting to change the world, then all communication depends on this. He has this somewhat oracular style which is good in the pre-match when you draw these scenarios where we will do, we will reverse. Then when things don’t go right, he gets into a lot of trouble.”
Bonan says: “He should work a little more subtractively.”
Aldo Grasso resumes: «First of all, never want to change the world, never set commandments, stick to your job. (here Bonan intervenes and says that perhaps he did it in an attempt to broaden the spotlight on the national team). However – continues Grasso – it is done in football terms, not in oracular “religious” terms. then he finds himself in difficulty, there’s the match, the adrenaline, the nervousness, then he has a resistance of twenty seconds, he makes a complete speech of twenty seconds and then it’s absolutely impossible to understand what he means.”
«Communication today is too important, then you end up having a negative image, the incident with the journalists, they begin to feel like they have the press against them, they feel surrounded, the idea of a conspiracy is born. If relationships were calmer, even if one were to demystify, one of the coaches’ tasks should be to demystify themselves and therefore also the whole discussion. He is mythologizing the national team.”
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