Van Basten: "Never was a feeling between me and Sacchi"

"There has never been a personal feeling between me and Sacchi. He never gave me the impression of being honest in human relationships. When he wasn't happy with how we trained, he took it out on the young, the weakest, that maybe they were in the lead pulling the group ". Thus spoke Marco Van Basten. The former AC Milan center forward, three-time winner of the Golden Ball (1988, 1989 and 1992), today UEFA ambassador, confessed to an interviewer at '7', the Corriere della Sera magazine, on newsstands tomorrow. "In Milan - admits the 'Swan of Utrecht' - I felt part of the family. Together we lived a whole life. You saw me born, as a player and as a man. You saw me grow. And unfortunately you saw my end. I was convinced that I would last forever, I told my classmates that I would stop at 38. At the beginning I did not understand. I was too focused on my feeling bad. I was wondering why that suffering should touch me. I never had an answer " . Van Basten also revealed an anecdote related to coaching. "I went back to Ajax as an Under 21 manager and a boy provoked me. 'You are van Basten, he said passing me the ball, let me see what you can do'. But now I could no longer move my ankle. Who was he? I'm sure that you know him. His name was Zlatan, of surname Ibrahimovic. "