The Tuscan technician speaks to his clinic: “Gattuso right choice for the national team, as long as he is himself. The market? I will propose my players”
Maurizio Sarri is back and has it for everyone. The Tuscan coach, two weeks after the signature of the contract that binds him again to Lazio, has returned to speak. And, as it is in his style, it was a river in full. The opportunity given to him the clinic that bears his name (course dedicated to professionals and aspiring coaches) who took place yesterday and today in Castiglione della Pescaia. The commander first explained the reasons that prompted him to resume the guide of Lazio. “I am at home again – he said -, it was a choice of heart, certainly not smart. I wanted to return where I found myself very well and where I received a lot of affection”. There is no shortage of incognite (“I will talk about the market with the DS Fabiani in the next few days, he will offer me names, I will give him mine”), but there is the will to resume a happy journey: “The goal is to return to Europe, but it will not be easy because the suitors are many and from next year there will also be Como too”. Among the objectives there is also to reveal a derby (since he left Lazio, he no longer won). “That is not a game, it is a challenge between peoples, one of those matches that empties your soul.” In front will have Gasperini. “I respect him because he created a football model. It will be a great challenge.”
Gattuso and surroundings
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But there is not only Lazio in the commander’s thoughts. Sarri also said about the decision to entrust Gattuso the guide of the national team. “It is a right choice, but to a pact: that Gattuso makes Gattuso, without compromising”. And on the national team: “A disconnection between our football movement and the blue team has been created. The players feel little the attachment to the shirt? But the problem is always the same: it is played too much”. Then Sarri revealed: “With Fiorentina I had some contact, but very bland and in any case after I had already signed for Lazio”. On the Napoli who hinted the Scudetto: “It is a club that continues to grow. In my time there was still no possibility of getting certain players, now yes and the basis have been placed for a winning cycle”. The European Oscar of the season, however, goes to another team: “PSG has given a lesson in the world, playing on crazy levels after sending great champions away”. Finally, on the VAR: “There is one European and an Italian one. We use it too much and for cases for which it should not be used. We reach 4-5 calls per game. In the premier there is one every 5 games”.