- A great example of how does not be a football player, become an excellent coach. Yes, he played football, but not long and exclusively at the amateur level. offers you the biography of this great coach.
Playing, in parallel, learned to the accountant at the insistence of the family, and then worked at the enterprise of his father. I did not have time to appeal to the decision of the Son to stop the player of the football player, as the heir stuck a new goal: "I want to become a football trainer!".
Sakki dedicated all his free time. And not only free. Going on business trips, he first walked on football, and in passing the money in passing money to learn to coaching art.
When the native amateur "Fusignano" called to train, Arrigo Sakki gladly threw the work at the enterprise. As it turned out, did not lose. With Fusignano, he earned his first coaching trophy at the level of "Dytelle", after which it was invariably to increase. In 1977, he graduated from the trainer's school in Kushchano, where he met and became friends with Zdenek Zemnom ...
After breaking the piggy bank, Sakki spent on the 1982 World Cup in Spain. The matches of that Mundial, the best, according to many, the world championship in history, helped Arrigo. He himself says so.
Of course, when you talk about Sakki-coach, first of all I remember his "Milan". Wrong. First, it was from Arrigo Sakki that began the rise of the "Parma", and already at Arrigo, the restofiest wand picked up Nevo-rock, bringing the started Sakki to a logical completion.
Secondly, was success in the Italian national team, which under his leadership played in the World Cup final and there only in the 11-meter series lost Brazil.
But still first remember Milan. Arrigo Sakki accepted Rosso-Neri in a very difficult time. Before the arrival of Arrigo in the summer of 1987, Milan over the past 20 years has won only one champion trophy. Since 1979, Milan has not won anything at all. But the new owner came - Silvio Berlusconi ...
The fans skeptically perceived the appointment of Arrigo. Coach inexperienced and unknown. Well, raised the "Parma", and then only in the series "in" ... But, training "Parma", in 1986, twice defeated Milan - in friendly match And in the Italian Cup, than for sure and seduced the leadership of Rosso-Neri.
Cleaning and spectacular, attacking, productive game "Parma".
Sakki immediately began to rebuild the game team on 4-4-2, which was also initially taken in the bayonets. But what was lucky Arrigo - Berlusconi unfortunately, sorry for Dellegi dramatically strengthened the composition of the team. In the same summer, together with Arrigo Sakki, two "volatile" Dutchman came to Milan - Gullit and Van Basten, later - the third, Raikaard.
Carlo Ancelotti came from Roma, from "Udinese" - Angelo Colombo. Plus, Sakki made a bet on the pupils of the club school, tightening the defender of Alessandro Kostakurt and midfielder Demetrio Albertini.
In addition, Berlusconi showed restraint and patience. "Milan" after all did not immediately turn everything and everyone. He did not succeed in the beginning of the season - another fall "Red-Black" flew out of the Italian Cup and the UEFA Cup.
Yes, and the championship began unsuccessfully. In the second round of Rosso-Nery, "Fiorentina" lost at home 0: 2, and after five tours lagged behind acting champion "Napoli" for four points, that at two glasses for victory it was very significant.
Then the Milan ship leaned out, but he could not catch out "Napoli". Everything went to the fact that the neapolitans will again take the scuds, but Milan managed to catch up the backlog and win in Naples in the central match of the championship.
It so happened that the champion trophy in the first season and followed by the winnings of the Super Cup of Italy closed and the list of internal trophies "Milan" of Arrigo Sakki.
The same "Milan" was famous and his coach thanks to the magnificent victories in the Champions Cup, in the Intercontinental Cup, which was then very revered, and even in Europe Super Cup.
Agree, to defeat in the semifinals "Real" 5: 0, and in the final "Steaua" 4: 0, - worth the road! It was those "Milan" they were enthusiastic, it was he called great and invincible.
The era of Arrigo Sakki in Milan was not long. Conflicts began with Berlusconi, with leaders who did not like the demanding coach, his criticism and gruel training. One of the requirements of Sakki was that everything in the game was brought to automatism so that the time was not spent and the pace was not lost on the understanding of the situation.
The same requirements Arrigo Sakki helped Italy national team at the World Championships in the United States. The team big accountwas not ahti what. Remove from it Roberto Bajo And Giuseppe Signori - solid hard workers. But the workers who could plow not 90, and 120 minutes, which diligently performed the requirements of the mentor, disciplined and sav-tactically.
Training, tactics, physics were trumps of all teams Arrigo Sakki, even "Milan", in which the soloists were no less than the porters!
That's just Italy's championship more Sakki was not given, and about the "triumph" at the World Cup 94, many are convinced that this wheelchair would fly out much earlier, if not the genius Bajo.
All the rest of the Signora Arrigo Sakki (except for the journalist, where he flourishes) was quite helpless attempts to jump into the gone train. But Milan remained the only and unique for him.
Arrigo Sakki photo
1972: After a short career in amateur football and seven years of challenging work in the Father's shoe firm agreed to become a coach of a local amateur team.
1977: Appears in professional football in the Role coach of the youth team "Cesena".
1982: He becomes the head coach of the club series "with" Rimini ".
1983: Enters the "Fiorentina", where it becomes the coach of the teams of the team.
1985: Enters the "Parma", which plays in the "C" series. In the debut for himself, the season in the role of coach "Parma" seeks to increase the team in the classroom.
1986: In the matches of the Italian Cup "Parma" takes the top over "Milan". Mentor of the winners attracts the attention of President Milan Silvio Berlusconi.
1987: Milan becomes coach. With it, "Milan" won the Scudetto, Italy Super Cup (1989), two Kech (1990 and 1991) and two MK (1990 and 1991). "Milan" shows super football with it.
Best days
1991: Sakki was appointed to the coach of the Italy national team, after the departure of Adezelo Vichini, who left because of the Italians in euro-92.
1996: It leaves the national team due to the disgusting speeches of the national team at Euro-96 (the national team did not go to the quarterfinals by giving way to the Germans and Czech road).
1996-1997: a few unsuccessful attempt to return to Milan; After a series of failures, the whole season comments on TV matches.
May 11, 1998: continues the coaching career in Madrid "Atletico". By signing a two-year contract with him, makes a statement that this is his last coaching job. Sells Viyi in Lazio due to whether both could not find a common language.
January 9, 2001: After 14 years, Sakki returns to the club, thanks to which he became fame - "Parma".
Silvio Berlusconi invited Sakki to Milan in the summer of 1987, on the sixth year of his coaching career. Arrigo visited the courses in Kovechiano just at the time when the "Skuff of Azzurra" won at the World Championships in Spain, he was preparing - no much - no little - to produce Furore in Kacho. Despite the domination of Katechcho, in Italy, they always knew how to effectively attack and did not have a shortage of the attacking plan performers. The same Trapattoni sought to win all the home duels, and only on the road became more careful. Nevertheless, more than forty years, that is, for several generations of players and coaches, the football worldview was at the heart of the football worldview and the docking counterattack. First of all, the teams from Apennel were looking for free space behind the backs of rivals, and did not go ahead with great forces and did not try to continuously control the ball. It's time to change ...
Italian specialists moved to zone football before Sakka appeared. Therefore, call Arrigo "Father Zone" would be a big mistake. Before him, Korrado Vichiani was worked in the "Tornan", Eudzhienio Fatti in "Lecce", Vinysio in Napoli, Giuseppe Marcioro in "Cesen", and Nils Lidholm and his Scudeto with Roma made this method successful. As for Sakki, his achievement is, of course, much more important, because he invented a fundamentally new method of work. He was not a pragmatist, he was a workaholic. For him, every trifle was of paramount importance, nothing remained without his attention. He worked with the team every movement to the breathtaking. It was inspired by the theater, where the actors repeated their role until they memorized her by heart, and she did not penetrate their subconscious.
Now such statements do not surprise anyone, and before they caused bewilderment and even scared. Therefore, Sakki faced opposition both from their colleagues and wards, and journalists. Moreover, other coaches belonged to Arrigo with contempt, because he was never a professional footballer. Yes, he never thought as a former player, and this was his advantage. Footballers for the most part are conservatives and repeat only what they did before under the guidance of their coaches. Sakki also wanted to create something new, was a tary opponent of thoughtless following habits and rules. Since he succeeded, he wore the road for other non-professionals. First of all, of course, for Jose Mourinho.
The same can be said about sports directors and other features football clubs, because they are usually also former players. Sakki came from another reality and subjected to the threat to the work of the usual system, made it seemed to think about what seemed unshakable. It is not surprising that those who considered Arrigo Crazy were found. And he, in general, gave a reason for this, sometimes turning the border of the permissible. There were those who, after several cases of explicit luck, called his success with a coincidence and no more. Even picked up quite offensive French definition - "Cul de Sac" (in Italian, the word "Culo" means not only "luck", but also "ass"). Sakki for the word in the pocket did not climb, ironically noticing in response: "The word" Culo "is usually called the skill and success of other people."
You can not do anything - the football of the past could not and did not want to take innovator. Zones on a football field for which continuous struggle goes, do not change decades. The tasks of performers within certain roles are not changed. Sakki only changed the approach to this fight. Instead of withstanding specific opponents, his wards attack free zones. He advises: Italian teams should no longer resort to total personal care. And gets a completely natural question: why, maestro? Sakki explains the elementary things: when using personal care in a certain field zone there is only one meter of space, where it is impossible to give the transfer (there is a player), and twenty meters, which are not controlled by anyone, and where you can safely pass, bypassing the enemy. It turns out twenty against one - a good advantage, right?
Nevertheless, even the wards never really loved Sakki. Yes, respected, but no more. Often they were afraid, because from the side he seemed obsessed with. He was always right. He always had something to say, and he did not hesitate to repeat his truth again and again. He always demanded the maximum possible and did not leave the right to an error. Not forgiven: or they, or me. "I know that not very good," he said. "But we have little time to talk." We should not stop. Today there is still a lot of work. We do not want to be just different, we want to be the best in the world. Therefore, you need to plow and, above all, think. " It was another know-how. Each player has its own intuition, its vision, but still everyone should express a single idea in a single impulsedeveloped by the coach.
From the seller shoes to the revolutionary
Arrigo Sakki appeared in the small town of Fusignano, in the Emilia-Romagna region. The future revolutionary since childhood is nothing but football, he was not seriously fond of, inheriting this passion from the Father August. He once played for sleeping, but he did not career in Kacho. Mom Arrigo often loves to remember the story of how her five-year-old son During a walk in the park gathered around himself a whole crowd, who enthusiastically listened to his arguments about football diagrams and a heart team - Milan "Inter." Once upon the other side of Milan barricades, Sakki had to tell another story from his childhood: "Once I watched football and saw the Errera team completely went into defense, and involuntarily began to hurt them for their rivals from" Celtic "..."
Sakki tried himself as a player, but from the first blows on the ball in the club "Barakka Lugo" it became obvious that the talent was not overnight there. The guy continued to play up to nineteen years at the position of the extreme defender, after which it threw football, and study, although before receiving a diploma of an accountant only two months. Arrigo hoped that natural sociability and knowledge helps him foreign languages. I was not mistaken: I began to ride the world and sell shoes made at the Father factory until I had earned on Porsche. However, such life did not like Sakki. From happiness, he always separated the same barrier - a passion for football. Walking along Europe, he had the opportunity to carefully study the methods of preparation in various schools, especially Dutch. And hoped that sooner or later, this knowledge will be useful to him. Inspiration, he screamed in such teams as "Real" di Stefano, Hungary national team, a Basil team, a Brazilian team with a sample pele of the 1970s, the national team of Holland Cruffa. Sakki respected Giovanni Trapatoni for healthy pragmatism, Ottavio Bianchi - for interesting tactical solutions in the game at high speeds, Valery Lobanovsky - for the game "Dynamo", Niels Lidholma - for the fact that he approved zone football in Italy.
It was finally temptation, Arrigo began to train amateur teams of their region: "Fusignanese", "Bellaria", "Alfzin". Then he decided to work with young people, adopting the "Cesena" to the Primavar, who won the 1982 title of Italian champion. This result is very important for Sakka, because it became the first professional success. It was then that the clubs of the series B and C began to look at the young allentor. However, he chose to continue working with young people, who perfectly feeling herself as a teacher. Sakki switched to the primary "Fiorentina", where he also left a good memory. Later, he persuaded the bosses "Rimini" (series C), where everything went as smoothly as in all previous teams. In 1985, there was a turn "Parma" (Series B). Already then, Sakki spoke strange things for that time: "I have to have vingers not only to attack, but also take an active part in protective actions. New team Must move synchronously as an orchestra. I think in Parma, in the homeland Giuseppe Verdi, everyone should be clear what I mean. "
What happened further is well known. Sakki happened three times to meet with Milan Berlusconi: two victories and one draw. "Parma" knocked out "Rosso-Nery" from the ITALY Cup draw. In this confrontation, "Milan" did not manage to move the center of the field. Don Silvio immediately decided to invite young coach In his club, because I saw in him a spokeswoman of his own ideas in football. Although, in fact, they look at football completely differently. Berlusconi believed (and believes so far) that the game is born due to the presence of high-class performers on the field, according to Sakki, even great players are obliged to be only part of the team and work exclusively on him.
As Arrigo himself remembers: "In March," Fiorentina "called me, this time as a coach of the first team. I was called personally Italy Allodi to report this grand news. Later, returning home, I discovered a message from my wife: "Some of Adriano Galliani called." I went to Milan, met with the president and became the Rosso-Nery coach. Even then I thought that the one who decides to trust such a stranger, which I was at that time, or a genius, or crazy. For some reason, I wanted to believe in the truthfulness of the first option ... "And yet:" If I get out of Milan, I will quietly return to the province. I am 41 years old, I have some hair left and those have already been sad. I never considered football the most important component of my life. They say that I do not refine to Easter. Well, I can say that here people are kinder than in Rimini. They said that I do not improve before Christmas. " As we know, Sakki worked for three seasons for which they managed to do more than some of life.
So, the era of "Milan" Sakki begins. Arrigo goes to Milanello, leads first training sessions and sees that his players are too slow, they can not run the way he demands. He holds them in the locker room for more than an hour, explaining them that they are no one and not because they have not benefit anything yet, but because they do not even know how to move along the field as needed. He makes them watch video tapes with the game "Parma". For the meadow, he brings a record with the game Gianluki Signorini, Libero "Genoa" from the V. Series He wants Franco to move the same as he. In the first matches "Rosso-Neri" act unnecessarily, and the results leave much to be desired. There are also those who persistently asks: "Who are you to teach us?"
Sakki also feels insecure, because he understands: the club has no time to wait for a whole eternity until the changes are justified. Previously, it seemed to him that the football players Rosso-Nery - it was those who can embody his ideas into life, but for some reason it did not happen. In the next Sunday, the team goes to a difficult departure in Verona, where, perhaps, everything will be decided. As decided, for example, the fate of the scuds of 1972/73. That match ended with a cruel defeat of the Milan Club. This time everything came out in a different way. "Milan" won 1: 0, the season went on ascending, and soon Sakki became deserved to call the maestro. Football players followed its instructions. The team was attacked ten and defended himself as a guide. On any section of the field there was a suspension and change of positions. When command actions, and protection began, and the midfield moved in a single impulse. This in Italy has not yet seen!
An important event was preceded by this success. Before the beginning of the meeting in Verona Berlusconi stood from the locker room and personally reported to every football player that, with any Sakki's defolds, the club will remain at least three years. He explained it so that everyone who was configured against the coach became clear - there is no hope of deliverance, it's time to start playing, and not to create visibility. We must admit that without support for Don Silvio, a revolution in Milan would have happened.
Having learned the lesson, Milan won the victory. Nevertheless, everyone believed in Napoli Maradonov, who revered the strongest team of the championship. The coach of Naples Bianchi was never a fierce supporter of Katechcho. He had its own methods of work: Ottavio ubiquitously applied pressure to own the ball. Bianchi was a snob from football, he was sure - everything that was possible was already invented earlier, so he was not looking for a philosopher's stone like Sakki, but tried to play the match for the match for victory. The champion decided for three rounds to the finish. Milan went to visit "Napoli", lagging behind one point, and won with a score of 3: 2, fully dominating in separate segments of the game. They talked about the involvement of "Comorra" to the failure of the Neapolitans, but there is no doubt that football, which was played by Rosso-Neri, became revelation for Italy.
It will sound paradoxical, but Sakki's football is primarily focused on protection. The main installation was not to give rivals on the goal. In many matches, Giovanni Galli's goalkeeper never concerned the ball, because the rivals could not even come close to his goal. Total Milan missed 14 goals in 30 matches, scored not so much - 43. In the attack, Pietro Paolo Virdis and Ruud Gullit, whom Sakki retrained in the track guard.
Saki football
How did they come to such a football? The idea of \u200b\u200bSacca is based on the following components: motivation, ambitions, dreams, culture of perfectionism, calm situation.
Let us leave aside a relaxed atmosphere that does not always fully depends on the coach, and we note that all other concepts are intangible. Starting with motivation, that is, the ability to find the right stimuli inside itself, to ambitions, that is, the springs with which motivation is released. And ending with dreams - irrational faith in the feasibility of impracticable due to motivation and ambitions. Sakka's banal rationalism is not enough - he seeks to find a mystical justification for his football. The cult of perfectionism suggests that the above components need to be developed constantly, without leaving the slightest detail.
Clearly, that under such a program, like Sakki, we need special football players, so he set the task in front of the club not just high-quality performers, but personalities. Smart people who are able to understand what Arrigo is talking about, and do not make fun of his ideas, sometimes seemingly crazy and have nothing to do with football. That's why "the prophet from Fusinyano" elevated personal characteristics football players for the same level as tactical and technical. Since he liked to consider himself a philosopher from football, he did not have anything, how to repeat the statement of Diogen, applying it to the selection: "I'm looking for a man!"
But that's not all. It was worth the footballers to master the first part of the program, as it was time to move directly to football. There were three more rules. First of all, a serious attitude to the case from the club leadership, willingness to support the innovative project. Then - the idea of \u200b\u200bthe game. The game should like football players, everyone should want to contribute. Strategy and tactics are a coach gifts to their players. If the players do not understand the idea, do not receive pleasure from its implementation, the team will never be. Finally, the best players should feel part of the project and not to demand personal privileges. Everyone must obey the same rules, otherwise there will be no discipline. Everyone must be laid out to the same extent. That is why the personal characteristics of each player are so important.
Having understood with command issues, Sakki appeals to individual footballers and explains what qualities are mandatory for them. We are talking about intuition, about memory as the ability to display on the field what was studied in training, about patience, that is, readiness to repeat the same thing until the skill is brought to automatism. Culture has a considerable significance, under which not so much knowledge of languages \u200b\u200bor historical events, how much culture in life and on the field, the ability to understand what is needed by a team at a particular moment of the game, how to behave in the locker room; awareness of his role in the team and in the club; Values \u200b\u200band traditions that the player brings with them to the club.
Until 1987, football players were never considered in such categories. And colleagues, not trying to understand Sakki, characterize it as a "man who used hundred words in order to say what others managed with the help of twenty." Having his own opinion on any occasion, he sought to speak, especially in his first year of work with the Grand. Not only about football, but also the country as a whole. He even explained the difference between the football player and the player. Sakki said this: "The football player is the one who knows how to footballe, beat on the ball. And the player is the one who understands the game. " Perhaps you should not explain who is more respectful. And once again, Sakki noticed that the last time the Italians went to the attack two thousand years ago, during the times of the ancient Romans. Although I always liked this joke, it is difficult to call her successful, given that the ancient Romans are very actively actively and did not apply such a fighting maneuver as a counterattack.
Once Sakki said: "Scudeto is the merit of Angelo Colombo." Raikaard, Gullit, Bayni, and, of course, Van Basten, were opposed to Colombo, but the main, according to Sakki, were not them. This phrase clearly traces the attitude towards all conforming footballers, which considers themselves better than others. The achievement of Sakki is also in the fact that in his invincible "Milan" of all players and their merits were evaluated the same, regardless of abilities. Van Basten, it happened, asked the coach, why he belongs to him as well as all the rest. And I received in response: "To respect you for what you have. Marco realized that Sakki wanted to say, only when he became a coach himself. Then he apologized, because "players like me created you unnecessary problems." The coach evil did not hold: "Many problems you have solved for me."
Even more complex relationships were formed with Roberto Bagjo, when Sakki called for a revolution in the "Skudra Azurra". Arrigo argues that he always respected the "divine tail", but did not accept his selfish manner of the game. By Bajo, the team exists in order to serve the talent of geniuses. Sakki could not agree with this concept. Talent is important, but only within the framework of the team. Differently came out, for example, with Gullit, who was ready to give all of himself at the disposal of the team. And the coach taught to use his physical power for the benefit of everyone. Why counterattack, if you can just crush the opponent? Rouud served for Arrigoor military machine. Keyword - served.
Sakki brought his wards to the limit. Before him, training was held in one lesson three times a week. After him, they train every day, often two classes. Probably, therefore, with the teams that he built, Arrigo won less than it could. But no one could play the same football as he. When his "Milan" switched to Fabio Capello, the victorious cycle was unprecedented to this: four scuds for five years and 58 matches without defeat. There is no doubt that Capello as a coach is better. Sakki is more than just a coach, he is the discoverer. He could invent something from nothing, but in the process of creation, his performers reached the state of physical and psychological exhaustion. Their strength and could not be enough for a long time.
When his "Milan" began to show the first signs of fatigue, Wang Basten at the request of the team comrades asked the coach, why they should not only win, but also convince, while their rivals are content with one victory. Arrigo answered: "Because we are the best and must do everything to stay." Therefore, Sakki was not surprised when his "Milan" recognized the best team of world football. Then Arrigo scored Van Basten's room and said: "Now you understand why we were not enough just to win?"
The surprise was the fact that not only the team burned down, but also the maestro himself. As they say, the candle burning on both sides burns twice as fast. Sakki was just that candle. He burned down his own fire. At some point, he felt that she could no longer think about football, could not follow the rules, they were established. Being a workaholic, he could not not be honest with himself: when he felt that the love for football was no longer left, the point is to just do the profession, he did not see. Neither favorite Milan, nor Atletico, nor Parma could not revive him from the ash. And even millions of contracts did not hold it in place. Probably, he was one of the few sports directors in the history of Madrid "Real", who quit at his own desire.
When they talk about the legacy of the "Prophet Fusinyano", they often write, as if he used an unusual for the tramp of that time a circuit 4-4-2. But this is not quite true. According to Arrigo himself, he had no gaming alignment - there was only order on the field needed to implement his idea of \u200b\u200bthe game. Just like the Romanian specialist Stefan Kovacha, who is honored by the father of the great "Ajax" on a par with Rinus Mikhels. No scheme. There is a gaming idea. And the difference here is big. After all, the scheme can belong to everyone, the idea of \u200b\u200bsomeone alone.
Until now, Sakki colleagues do not have a special sympathy to him, but invariably recognize two main achievements, and, oddly enough, both concern the game in defense. First. Sakki brought the zone game to perfection, approved it in Italy so that all other coaches in the future could use it without any problems. Second. Sakki invented the game without a ball. According to his theory, on any field of field where the ball gets, the team should be in most.
There is no doubt that Sakki changed the approach to football in Italy and opened the road to many followers. There were also those who approached his staffings with a more practical side and made them effective and long-playing. Nevertheless, reproduce the ideas of Sakki fully failed to anyone. Probably, Jose Mourinho can compete with it in relation to every detail. There were more successful coaches than Sakki, like Capello and Lippi, but none of them played such a significant role in the development of Kachcho. They just won more victories, and Sakki changed the football forever. Alas, but this achievement is so ambitious that Arrigo himself could not bear this burden.
The fact that after Sakki Kachcho has changed, but also proved by numbers. When Arrigo just came to Milan in 1987, it was on average less than two heads per game - 1.92. At the end of the 1990/91 season, when he was forced to leave the post of head coach of Rosso-Nery, this figure increased to 2.29, that is, 113 goals more for the championship, and continued to grow. Today, all coaches use zone protection, almost all use three attackers or at least two attackers and an attacking midfielder. However, Sakki is still dissatisfied. He continues to talk about superficially to football in Italy and about the dominance of Kathenachcho. Probably because his main drawback is an irresistible desire for perfection.
"All that does not kill you makes you stronger."
(Gustave Flaubert)
It was a difficult world championship for my team, whose trumps were fast rhythm, speed, aggressiveness and pressure. Only a team of incredible professionals and worthy people in such conditions (on this uniform convulsions were ordinary things) could jump above the head, go beyond their physical opportunities and become the second, giving the Brazil only in the penalty series. It was incredibly difficult. But, unfortunately, we were all tuned solely in the first place.
When we flew to New York, just a hundred fans waited for us at the airport, albeit very noisy, and not a huge crowd, to which we expected, given the number of Italians in the United States. We immediately understood that they would also have to conquer the public.
To prepare for matches in the hot and humid climate was very difficult. Heat and Duchot were unbearable. It was necessary to try to keep energy, the training schedule was incredibly strange. We started at 7 am, because it was not so hot, as at noon, is just a little higher than 30 degrees.
On June 18, we started the World Championship with Ireland. We arrived by bus to Jaiance Stadium, and then we were waiting for the first surprise. "I see only the flags of the Irish. - exclaimed the worker of the Federation Antonello Valentini. - Where are the Italians? ".
"They are already inside the stadium," I did not get confused.
We knew that tickets were sold well that the Italians on the match should be a lot. But it turned out that the Italians resold their tickets to the Irish. We needed to win the trust of our compatriots. I remembered Andreotti and sadly grinned. We practically played on the field of Ireland.
We conducted the first match below our capabilities, but it was not on problems with training. I made a mistake in choosing the composition - Signori and Roberto Bagjo was poorly interacting, Tasotti was fond of flank, and Bajo, besides, too worried. I bet on best football playersBut from this the team game suffered. I betrayed my ideas, a mosaic lacked several elements. There was no "team" on the field, the game did not go. In addition, we were not in optimal form, because we were tired of training and were shocked by the local climate. 33 degrees Celsius, 85% humidity!
The coach of Irish Jack Charlton released such a composition: Bonner, Irwin, Philan, Keen, McGrath, Babb, Hupton, Sheridan, Koin, Townsend, Stonton. My team looked like this: Flyup, Tassotti, Maldini, Albertini, Kostakurt, Bareni, Donadoni, D. Bajo, Signori, R. Bajo, Evani.
When I distributed the task players, Donadoni said: "I'm not sure that I can cope with all this." In such a situation, the football player is better not to release, because you already know that it is not ready for 100%. In the second match, I changed the starting lineup.
Dutchman van der Endi judged. Play at speed, aggressively, to close free zones, counterattack - with such a heat all this was almost impossible. On the 11th minute, a canopy from the right flank was misleading the bullet, who played badly, the defense failed, and Hupton saw that Falus "lost the gate" - 1: 0. The stadium, full of Irish fans, exploded, as if Petard, which was thrown into the fire. We were not able to take possession of the initiative. Many criticized me for the fact that Roberto Bajo was supposed to go too deep and fight for the ball - as a result, he acted far from the gate and did not threaten them.
The match continued. Bonner beat off Signori, the Irish fell into the crossbar - I still shudder, recalling this moment. Cyne with the help of dribbling left pressing and left gave pass to Sheridan. That beat probably, and only the crossbar came to the aid of the paly. And his magnificent save at the end of the second half helped to avoid final shame.
Pressure, climate, missed goal - everything was against us. What is happening seemed a nightmare. It was painful to see the disappointment on the faces of the guys. When I filing the hand of Jack Charlton, I could not smile. I could not even talk. I was afraid that everything was over for us. The next day, La Gazzetta Dello Sport wrote: "The failure of Italy. Sakki, what a nightmare! " As usual, the journalists understood little. That I was mistaken, and in the press criticized football players.
In the evening, on the eve of the second game, we had to comply with the agreement and visit Madison Square-Garden - there was a concert, with the participation of American and Italian performers. Speakers, for example, Ray Charles and Rayo Dalla. We were a little distracted from thoughts about Norway, but, of course, thought about the next match.
I said the bullet: "You must play narrowly. Always".
"Bannarously does not know how defense should move! He is not from Milan, "answered Franco.
In the training session, the quarrel with Bannano, I shouted that I would send it Omoy if he continues to work, after the sleeve. Nearby turned out to be televisers, they wrote about the scandal in the newspapers. They wrote that the players do not play football, and they are afraid to lose their position, they are afraid to show the initiative and take responsibility.
In fact, the guys were worried that everything would end in failure. I trained for almost 20 years, and my teams from lovers to the youth, from the series from to Milan - always hit the quality and beauty of the game. And I was told that my ideas are paralyzed by football players, although in fact they helped them. Scripture in newspapers did not affect guys. After the defeat from Ireland, the Chiefred Corriere Dello Sport ITALO Kuchchi wrote that we were mistaken by the tournament: you had to go to Gay Games, the World Championship for homosexuals, which these days was held in New York.
I remember well five days after the match with Ireland. The voltage was incredible. At night, the temperature did not fall below 30 degrees, we slept with air conditioners turned on, but it didn't help too much.
I felt lonely. Perhaps I never felt like such lonely, although there were many friends and people around, which I could trust. I worried, shouted on the players, reproached them for the fact that they are poorly trained, but at the same time tried to inspire them. For five days I needed to create a team with character, squeeze the maximum of football players. We could not so easily fly out. I said the bullet to follow - the team should play narrowly. Bannano did not move synchronously, it could become a problem. So my screams were not unfounded - it was necessary to correct the errors. The pressure was incredible - it was always felt and everywhere. "Let's put the horns!" - Written La Gazzetta Dello Sport on June 23rd and emphasized that the players are very afraid to lose again. I was put on my head with a wiking helmet with horns - the photo montage was placed on the first page. And at the bottom they wrote: "Arrigo, our Viking". The ambiguous turned out to be an idea. However, I did not care - I really wanted to win. I had to convince guys, which is not lost yet. It was not our last hope, as they wrote in newspapers.
I released a fly, Bannano, Maldini, Albertini, Kostakurt, Barviews, Bertie, Dino Bajo, Signori, Kaziragi and Roberto Bajo.
As a rule, the team losing the first match will quickly fly out - we knew it from experience. But we had a whole nation. It sounds strange, however it was. During the World Cup, the whole country followed the national team - it felt. We were ready for everything to succeed. Before going to the field, I reminded what was told for five days. The strategy was such: "We must be a team. Posted nearby, constantly interact. If the defenders are not forwarded forward if the attackers are not going back, if we do not put pressure, it will sharply reduce our chances of success. "
To be continued.
The WhiteHouse Address
11.03.2014
Arsenal Deja Nu: Again, the Guners arrived at the Alliance Arena with the hope of playing two goals from "Bavaria". Maybe the Arsenal's approach itself towards the first game and deserves a certain approval, but the result of the game of the Hungarian team brought fans only disappointment. After a red card and, perhaps, after an impedited penalty, the pendulum was strongly swung to the side opposite to Arsenal, and "Bavaria" quietly dominated the remaining time of the match. The second round of confrontation seems to be simple formality for the German team.
Both coaches are surprisingly similar in their approaches. True, Guardiola is at the disposal - not only the greatest team of the planet, but also coaching insight, which still lacks the French specialist today. Nevertheless, both coaches can be compared with Arrigo Sakki, and their achievements (to one degree or another) with the achievements of the famous Italian.
From the point of view of Arrigo Sakki, former coach Milan and the Italy national team - the last coach, who managed to win the European Champions Cup two times in a row, football did not change since the early 1990s. This is an interesting point of view of the coach, which is considered a football revolutionary and a great tactic, headed by one of strongest teams Europe. Arrigo Sakki is the legendary and sign person in football.
To speak today that in this game nothing has changed - quite boldly, even if it does not quite relate to the truth. Still, recently, an alignment of 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 came out on the advancement of tactical schemes, the position of the free defender, Libero disappeared (although it is possible that it will soon appear again). Not to mention the fact that the roles and functions of the players themselves have undergone serious changes. Of course, football transformed. Maybe just Sakki says that the work of the coach remains as it was?
Many will notice that modern coaches are better prepared, more intellectual, they are not only good managers, but also excellent psychologists, and of course insightful tactics. But if all this is so, then Sakki is right: the football sphere has not changed its borders since the time he trained Milan. Sakki combined all these qualities. He was a brilliant coach - creative, unorthodox, able to convince a group of world-class players that it was alien to Italian football Scheme "4 - 4 - 2" and a constant pressure tactic associated with it and there is a success formula.
Do not forget that at that time he was not known to anyone as a coach or as a player (Sakki never acted in professional football). At the same time, he urged Milan's football players to change their established careful, defensive approach to the game for more attackering and aggressive. It was his ability to inspire and convincing his success, and it was these features that made the famous many modern coaches. And if we look at the impact, which was provided on modern football Wenger and Guardiola, we will find these coincidences and similarities.
The importance of belief
When Arsen Wenger arrived in London in 1996, he found himself in football Leaguewhich clearly inferior to another leading national leagues in tactics and scientific approach To the game. While many European championships changed in many of the parameters - the formation of the composition, nutrition of football players, work in the foreign transfers, - English football seemed to frozen over the past decades (the most radical changes took place in England in television drivers).
Wenger convinced the Arsenal players to change their habits, go to healthy image Life, first of all in terms of proper nutritionand also more carefully training process, aware of its value. Using the international transfersed market, he led several outstanding football players to the team, entered the winning team as a result, which challenged Manchester United, interrupting his dominance in English football. 18 years have passed - and we can say that he also produced the economic revolution, as a result of which the "Arsenal" had a modern stadium and a business model, which made London Club one of the most profitable in football world. Thus, Arsen Wenger showed not only his coaching talent, but also the economic, as well as the psychological - talent of the belief.
As for Guardiola, he also produced a revolution in the club in line with his ideals and principles. However, he certainly had an advantage: he was famous player "Barcelona". And yet, when he came to this club in 2008 as a head coach, not everyone believed that he was professionally suitable. As Sakki and Wenger, he had to prove that these doubts are in vain. And he proved it, and very convincing.
Guardiola lined up one of the greatest teams in the history of world football. This team could compete with "Milan" Sakki, and with "invincible" Hungarian. Guardiola convinced the team to agree and follow his methods, his tactics and approach to football. And in front of them were awaited incredible success. Even Wenger admits that this team was the best of all those he saw on a football field: "Until now, in my life, this team was the best - from those against whom I managed to play. And the first half hour of the first match was played between us at Emirhets, were the best sample of football from what I had ever seen. "
The arrival of Guardioles in Bavaria was associated with other difficulties: it was necessary to convince football players in something, who had just won the highest football titles in Europe, dominated Europe in the previous season and were very pleased with the situation and their game. Why do you need to change anything? But Guardiola had a different point of view, and he consistently convinced the players in the fact that his methods, his way would bring the club yet more success And will increase the quality of football. In principle, it came out. Today, "Bavaria" looks better than last season - and in the past season, it seemed that it was already simply impossible to be better on the field ...
And in Guardiola, and Hungarian has a lot in common, in terms of their influence on the players and the revolution they made in their clubs. Like Sakki, they were able to convince football players to change their approach and work to work selflessly.
Sakki hard press game was built on the basis of cohesion, mutual understanding and selfless team game. Each player had a strictly outlined role, everyone worked for the team. Guardiola suffered a similar style of play in Barcelona - and this tactic was extremely important in the success of his team. The method of all three teams was based on the prevailing possession of the ball and the rapid transition from defense to the attack. Mastery, speed and intelligence were based on the beliefs of coaches.
In addition, the rhinus Mikhel was certainly inflounted on all these coaches. Sakki Bentworked Mikhel and trembled to his heritage and philosophy of the game - and indeed, the philosophy of total football revolutionized the game for future generations.
Creative players
All three coaches believe in the need to have in the team of creative players - that is, those who can hack the opponent's defense with an unexpected decision, those who can organize the control of the ball. As Wenger says, "The result in the end makes great football players - they are precisely the difference in the class on the field."
Nevertheless, the past decade was the "era of special football players." Key player successful teams becomes reference midfielder - Such as Mackelele. Sakki is not at all a fan of this position on the field. He said: " In my football playmaker is the one who has the ball at the moment. By the way, but if we talk about Mackelele, it was unlikely that he could become a playymaker. He simply does not have such a number of ideas - what to do with the ball. But in selection and destruction is he gorgeous».
Nevertheless, football becomes a game of narrow specialists. Supporters of total football tried to fight this trend, but they did not flourish, and such as Mourinho. In the middle of last decade, Sakki said that football began to "be reduced to the management of individuals, so football players with a narrow specialization multiply at a huge speed. Individual actions displace command game. But in the end, this is the indicator of weakness, the reaction trend. "
The idea of \u200b\u200ba collective game, the achievement of success by team actions was temporarily lost. And this means, the balance was lost - between attack and defense. There was no more than one organism. Wenger just wanted to get rid of individual "specialists", hoping for the creation of a team of creative players, like Sakki. However, the local success of the Hungarian followed failure.
Then Guardiola came to the arena. It was he who embodied these ideas into reality, creating a team in the style of Sakki - the team of playamikers, cohesive in the team. Guardiola revolutionized football or, if you can put it, I returned the ideals of Arrigo Sakki's football.
The problem of Hungarian was that he tried to recreate the same style, the same success in Arsenal, as a medieval alchemist, but at the same time he did not have the main ingredient. And in this they differed - Guvaridol and Wenger.
The main ingredient
Sakki was extremely pedantic in terms of team preparation, special attention He paid the positions of football players and distance, distances between the lines. For him, it was important that the players felt in one way and were focused on their tasks, especially in cases where they did not possess the ball. The same did the Guardiola in Barce.
Guardiola reminded the general that organizes and prepares its team to each game, carefully planning the upcoming match. Perhaps only Mourinho can compare with it in terms of in-depth tactical training Teams, work on the movement, choice of position and understanding of the strategy.
But Wenger was distinguished from Guardiol, although he and the other believed in total football. Wenger, unlike the Spanish coach, did not recognize and does not recognize the rigid management team at all levels.
When Hungarian asked about rivalry between him and Guardiole, about the talent of Guardioles in the coaching hat, he said: "Football is not chess. It belongs to players. We just prepare the team so that she shifted himself well upcoming match. But do not forget that the main characters are on the field, and not on the coaching bench. "
So, Wenger believes that football is not chess. Well, it seems that he is still mistaken. The philosophy of the Hungarian is concentrated around the players and is associated with the need to achieve a real interest, involvement in the business of the team, and also - responsibility for the result. In addition, his philosophy is connected with the provision of freedom players in decision-making. In Guardiola, each detail is thought out and planned, everything is calculated, the management of the team is clear and verified, aimed at achieving perfection in the game.
Sakki knew the importance of this method, knew this and Guardiola. Main coach - Not an animator and curator, but a leader and general. For this reason, Vengeru did not succeed, from the point of view of trophies, in the last nine years. He provided players too much freedom in the game, and this requires a more intellectual tactical approach. Sakki right - the game has not changed from his era, since these principles were key and at the time. And Wenger, it seems, just does not want to take it as proper.
Vera Hungarian in the self-government of players on the field causes admiration, but it was precisely the reason for its coaching regression. He tried to get close to the team, but after all, to the end it is simply impossible. On the other hand, the quality of the game and success is precisely dependent on the influence of the coach on the players. Talented, properly trained football players always achieve success - just look at the achievements of Mourinho.
The continuing failures of Arsenal in Europe or in matches with leading English teams are caused by the appropriate approach of Hungarian to coaching activity. Wenger always tried to let his players themselves manage the game on the field, to make decisions themselves. But even with such football players as Adams, Vieira, Bergkamp and Henri, he could not conquer the main European titles. Always lacked something. And today his team is perfectly prepared in technical PlanBut she clearly lacks the leader and the organization of the game.
Guardiola, on the contrary, proved that the players need a coach to make the cohesive team and the team. Players need to be prepared for each opponent, and thoroughly prepare, do not melt any details. Succa's success follows from its coaching method: the style and the players themselves are very important, but the construction of the team is the most important thing, this is the key success parameter. Guardiola and Mourinho know this little secret, and their successes confirm it.
Wenger, of course, can believe in total football, can try to reproduce the quality and style of "Milan" Sakki and "Barca" Guardiola, but without a key parameter, he can hardly work out something serious and great. He was followed carefully to read the name of the book of Rinus Mikhel, which will indicate him for the cause of the lack of titles from his team in last decade. The book is called "Build Team".
It is possible that soon two coaches will again meet - and most likely, Guardiola will once again be stronger than its competitor. Wenger, of course, can refer to the quality of players on the field, but doesn't he want to think about the influence of the right coaching work on these most players? Is it no better to think - and isn't his approach to the game? In 64, it is likely to change its attitudes and principles to change and the principles on the other hand, with the current installations and principles, it will never succeed in Europe.
I finish a quote from Arrigo Sakki, from his definition of the head coach: "This is a maestro, who has its own style, and who understands that he needs to aim on the quality of the game, and this desire should not be superficial. I am going to a specific bober not because it is considered a good specialist, but because of the quality of his bread. Maestro is the one who requires only the best, who is strict, harsh and strictly observes their principles. "