“To be a good jockey, must I have also been a horse?”. From football to horse racing, the step is short. And this time the short face of Max Allegri has nothing to do with it. With this comparison, Arrigo Sacchi criticized the rule that, in order to attend the supercourse as coaches in Italy, a past as a football player in the national team, Serie A or B is required. Arrived on the top of Europe without having ever played. Among the professionals, the former coach is not the only coach who has achieved great goals despite a mediocre past with the ball at his feet. From Zeman to Mourinho, many have followed in his footsteps. starting with Sven Goran Eriksson: over forty years of career, dozens of trophies including a scudetto with Lazio and four Coppa Italia, the Swedish coach has a past as a full-back in the minor leagues of his country, but at the age of 27 he had to quit due to a knee injury. A year later he joined the Degerfors staff as deputy to Tord Grip, his former teammate, and from there he began a climb that led him to exalt himself first at home, then in the most prestigious European championships and with England, Mexico and Ivory Coast.
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