Fabio Capello dismisses the affair that overwhelmed the Football Federation with few words, but very heavy ones: “It was a big mess“. The former head coach, in his editorial on the Gazzetta dello Sport, believes that the case related to Andrea Pirlo was handled in the worst possible way, to the point of pushing Paolo Maldini and Leonardo to leave their respective positions after just a few days. According to Capello, the two executives had accepted the project convinced they could work with wide autonomy: “They felt used“, he says, thus judging their resignations as “completely normal”. The idea was to build an innovative path, but everything stalled when Pirlo’s candidacy was shelved.
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The former coach also defends the choice of the former Azzurri playmaker. “It was something new“, he emphasizes, recalling the experience at Juventus and those gained later abroad. To explain his reasoning, he also cites the example of Spain with Luis de la Fuente, initially met with skepticism and then able to achieve important results. However, Capello does not completely absolve Maldini and Leonardo. The attempt to convince Pep Guardiola is defined as unrealistic: “They tried to climb Everest with snowshoes“. And he adds that the Catalan coach, in his opinion, would never have had a real intention to accept the offer.
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Looking at Malagò’s final decision, harsh is the judgment on Roberto Mancini chosen as head coach, criticized for the previous departure from the National Team: “How can you leave the National Team for no reason to go get the money in Saudi Arabia?”. Finally, Capello broadens the discussion to the Italian football system: “We have to rebuild the entire youth sector,” he argues, indicating as a priority training more oriented towards technique and the growth of young players rather than immediate results. According to him, this is the real issue to address to relaunch the future of Italian football.
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