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Originally Posted by Blazed
Fabio Capellos view on the premiership vs serie a.
Capello told Rai: ?There is a huge difference in terms of mentality and they [Premier League teams] are also more used to physical and intense football.
?Our [Italian] teams lack something compared to the English ones and when Milan beat Manchester [United, in 2007], it was because they had quality players.
?We have to improve on that aspect if we want to be back at the highest level in Europe.
?The rhythm is more fluid and quick in British football. Italian teams are too much about nine defenders and a striker left on his own to try to score goals.?
Pretty much sums it up, serie a teams defend, defend, defend which is why they are so boring to watch. He also makes a good point about Ac Milan, in 2007 they did have good players and were still a great squad, but years on they have an extremely old squad and ex-great players who just cant cut it anymore. The way Arsenal ripped apart this team of grandads showed how immobile they are.
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I read this interview as well and i am not surprised.
Capello is a smart corporate man: he says what's convenient for him and when it's convenient for him.
I heard him saying that AC Milan was the greatest franchise in the world when he was the coach, then all of a sudden he moved to Madrid and said the same thing, then Juvetus.
Plus his AC Mialn that won Chapions League and league in 1994 wasn;t really very offeinsve.
4 defender and Desailly inf front of them:
Tassotti Costacurta Baresi Maldini
Desailly
he can be proven wrong very esealy, pretty much all the Seria A teams play with 3 or 2 and 1/2 strikers.
Only yesterday:
Inter : Ibrahimovic-Balotelli with Stankovic right behind
Milan: Inzagi-Pato with Beckham right behind ( otherwise Kaka and Ronaldhino when they are not injured)
Juvetus: Del Piero-Iaquinta-Giovinco
Fiorentina: Gilardino-Mutu and Melo right behind
Lazio and Udinese in many occasion play with 3 pure strikers in the front line and this is why they have had problems:
udinese: Di Natale, Pepe and Quagiarella ( 3 Italian Internationals)
Lazio: Rocchi-Zarate and Pandev....altough Rossi plyed only with the last two recently and had Rocchi come in later.
AC Milan is not a young team i agree but if all these players are fit and most of all can play all together it's still the best team in Europe.
Ancelotti is one of the best coaches in the world and he is not a defensive tachtician for sure, actually totally the opposite. AC Milan has the most goal in serie A.
Furthermore if our old farts like Inzaghi ( 35 yo) scores 5 goals in two games....frankly i would keep him on the field as much as i can.
Maldini at 40 yo can teach every single EPL defender how to play. But yes his time has come , this is the last year.
Old squad? Pato is 20 yo, Darmian 21 , Flamini is 24, Antonini 26, Boriello 24,Senderos 23,Bonera 28.
All these guys have played on a regular basis.
I agree with you we DO need to "refresh" the team