Marco Ballottaformer Biancoceleste goalkeeper from 1997 to 2000 and from 2005 to 2008, spoke exclusively to Dotsport.
The Italian champion goalkeeper with Lazio in 2000 took the opportunity to talk about the coach who made him experience the highest moments of his career, namely Sven Goran Eriksson, present today at the Olimpico for the last match of the championship against Sassuolo. The Swedish coach, who has been fighting a bad illness for some time, will finally have the opportunity to embrace his beloved Biancoceleste people again, the same people who, thanks to his exploits on the bench, made people explode with joy with the victory of one Scudetto, 2 Italian Cups, 2 Italian Super Cups, 1 Cup Winners’ Cup and a European Super Cup. Thanks to these prestigious goals, he officially entered the Biancoceleste Olympus, becoming the most successful coach ever.
Below are Ballotta’s words:
Sven was a great manager. We could have won a little more, but he was ideal for that team
He helped him on the bench:
We only had national teams, so managing it wasn’t easy. I gave Eriksson a hand on the bench, we had a good relationship. Sometimes I pointed out things to him, because I believe that a coach, being focused on some aspects, can miss others. So another point of view was interesting
Few rivals:
He had extreme trust in me. I felt his trust. Today that team would have few rivals. Already at the time we were among the best in Europe, but today in my opinion our level would be even higher
