When Arrigo Sacchi speaks, we listen to him.
Considered one of the greatest coaches in football history, the Italian (74) led AC Milan to victory in the European Cup of Champions Clubs (ancestor of the Champions League), in 1989 and 1990. He came very close to the world title with Italy, in 1994 (defeat against Brazil in the final on penalties).
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, Sacchi gave his vision of the world of football in 2020. And Paris Saint-Germain, finalist of the last C1, takes it for his rank.
Moise Kean's double against Basaksehir on October 28 (2-0)
"I don't watch PSG a lot because I don't like it," Sacchi said at the start.
I saw 30 minutes of the match against Istanbul Basaksehir (2-0 Parisian victory, note) and I changed.
It's a team that is not based on harmony and beauty.
It's a team that relies on individuality and economic strength. ”
The transalpine technician evokes in particular Atalanta and its "fantastic match" against Ajax Amsterdam on October 27 (2-2).
"Atalanta was in the process of accomplishing a real masterpiece last season in the quarter-finals of the Champions League", recalls Sacchi, before the Italian club was eliminated on the wire by Paris SG (2-1).
"It's a group, not a team"
Arrigo Sacchi on PSG
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“A PSG player cost more than the whole Atalanta team together,” says Sacchi.
According to him, the PSG, "it's a group, not a team".
“A team is when 11 players manage to internalize things, professes the former coach of AC Milan.
It goes beyond tactics and technique.
This is when the responses become automatic from practice to match.
We don't see a lot of automatisms at PSG. "
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Asked about the France team of Didier Deschamps, which struggles to excite all observers, Sacchi is more moderate.
"He is part of the category of good coaches, it is indisputable, warns the Italian about the coach of the Blues.
It's like in life, there are tacticians and strategists.
This category of coaches is that of tacticians and they are very good at that.
But what are the tacticians missing?
Beauty, harmony, amalgamation and emotions.
The emotions are very brief and are based more on individualities than on the collective. ”
France has three games to come to provoke these emotions, with Finland in a friendly this Wednesday (9:10 p.m.) before Portugal (14/11) and Sweden (17/11) in the framework of the League of Nations.
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