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A long interview with Luciano SpallettiTechnical Commissioner of Italy, granted to Corriere dello Sport in view of the next European Championship.
GOODBYE TO NAPLES – “The (Chinese) wise man says “the man who does not know sadness never has deep thoughts”. And I chose and embraced sadness by leaving Naples after that thing. It would have been easier and more natural to move forward, to work with a group that we had brought to the top, enjoying the happiness of the moment, that which I made the people of Naples feel. I chose sadness.”
WINNING AND LOSING – “The other day you told me that you like those who win. But in this way you lose the essence, both victory and defeat are the same impostor. Losing leads you to reflect, to think about the mistakes you have made to try not to repeat them again Winning can distract you from the goal, from the things that happen along the way. The things of the soul, the feelings… If the next day you stop at winning you don’t improve, you don’t grow the same things, identical results can be achieved. What is decisive is the way in which you manage to relate to the players and collaborators, how much you are able to make them doubly strong and part of the same story: one plus one plus one cubed, in short. feelings, solidarity, ability to involve, a lot depends on how you experience the different moments. Football is simple, but it’s not simple.”
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BUILDING FROM THE BOTTOM UP – “I have no dogmas about anything. I want to be practical in depth: I don’t know just one way of living, I am for openness and knowledge of multiple realities and ways of thinking and doing. I have always considered Marcello Lippi a source of inspiration: he I followed him carefully, I watched how he behaved, I wanted to meet him to explain the blue world to me in depth. At the same time I look at Sacchi as a model.”
FORTUNA – “I only fear myself and that I haven’t done everything I can. Everything must depend on me, I want to be ready to meet happiness. I’m lucky because I’ve always gotten what I deserved. Then, of course, there’s also who has an ass. Sometimes the result depends not only on the technical skills of a player, on the individual episode. In Naples we always took what we had built and deserved.”
LAURENTIS – “I have two ears and one mouth. I know how to listen and speak at the right moment. De Laurentiis has a great communicative ability, a fluent language. And then it always depends on which De Laurentiis you find yourself in front of, there are at least four or five. With “Artificial intelligence could try to invent others.”
THE EUROPEAN – “I will only feel like coach of the national team when I have brought Italy forward in the European Championship. Complaints? What do I do? Do I accept a task and leave with alibis? The national team shirt is something special. When you arrive in the national team you know that that shirt you have to fill it. And you wear it all the time. You have to train well in the two hours of the exercise, but also in the following 22 hours you have the duty to behave appropriately ago there was too much talk about one of my considerations on rest, i.e. on the fact that you need to be rested when you go to play, this very banal principle cannot be labeled as the Spalletti code, but as a mandatory professional duty”.
I CALL THE 10 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP – “…I would like to bring four World Cup 10s, Baggio, Del Piero, Totti and Antognoni to Coverciano, when we meet to prepare for the European Championships. I have already spoken about it with Gravina. Imagine if that 40 attended one of our training sessions: he would push the boys to elevate their performance… The Federation’s official invitation will soon go out. If you want, I can also talk to you about a 10 in goal and more.”
BUFFON – “I knew Buffon as a great goalkeeper, football man and dressing room leader, but in this period together I understood that he is also a great friend and that the manager will live up to the champion he was. He also demonstrates that he possesses quality and knowledge in a completely new role… And if the words don’t come, just look at it to understand where we want to go.”
AMORE – “Trust must correspond to the love you feel for the national team. The more you love it, the more trust you have. We shouldn’t fear anyone, let’s keep it in our heads as an obsession. We are the means to achieve full happiness. Ours and that of those who love us”.
FUTURE – “I always live as if at the last moment I could change my destiny. The heart has its reasons, but sometimes the mind doesn’t recognize them.”
