Capello: The best player I have ever coached is Da Ronaldo. He told him that he had to lose weight but it didn t help

Sports 1:18am, 1 October 2025 56
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Speaking of Beckham

Capello: "His contract is about to expire and Real Madrid has offered him a contract renewal, but he signed with the Los Angeles Galaxy in January. The chairman asked me to exclude him from the roster, but a week later I said I would let him back on the team. He is a very serious person and he has helped us win the league a lot. Later I took him as my assistant to participate in the England World Cup tour. "

Rooney once said Capello was not fluent in English and the coaching staff was too Italian

Capello: "That was his response to my words. I said at the time, and it was a shame that he did not meet our expectations in the final stage of the World Cup in South Africa. He was crucial at the time and was a very great player: he had problems like his wife-mistress and some gossip. I said 'I'm sorry he had some off-field problems that affected his form '. ”

"Everyone has problems, and I did not say there should be problems. Asked what would happen if England played against Italy in the World Cup final? I think that would be a very difficult situation to deal with. After all, no one likes to lose, even if you are wearing another team's jersey... "

Speaking of England, Gary Neville said in his autobiography that Capello and Erikson both face a big problem as head coaches: the coexistence of Lampard and Gerrard.

Capello: "Yes, because both of them are players who can win games for you, but they both play in the same position. We sent them on the field and I asked one of them to move a little bit to the wing. They are both central advanceers who like to go forward, but when it comes to defense and maintaining tactical balance, they are a little lacking.

"Although Gerald, already began to understand, it might be important to put him in front of the defensive player. They are two players you can't abandon because they have the strength, but on a tactical level they are a bit 'anarchy '. Both of them are excellent, that's for sure. "

Are you rushing to create a champion player now?

Capello: "Across the world, they let 18-year-olds play. For example, when I arrived at Real Madrid, I used an 18-year-old player and made him the starter, that is Seidov. In my opinion, in a Serie A that is no longer the level of the past, there is no player with enough strength to play in the game. It is simply incredible. "

Galliani and Braida's Milan

Capello: " That's one War Machine. An Italian team has players who grew up in the youth department, so they have Milan's team logo printed in their bones, with a red and black heart. The team's team building ideas are full of tactical wisdom. In the transfer market, when looking for the right players, they do not act rashly, and always accurately find the right candidates who should be put into the lineup. "

" There is a gentleman there, Galliani, who is in charge of everything, and then Braida, on the issue of players, he I said: 'I don't care what others say. If Braida tells me that the guy is suitable for Milan, then he is suitable for Milan. 'But he also understands what it takes to play in that team of phenomenal players, so the level has to be very high. "

"Some people didn't do what we expected: we brought in Balcony winner Papan, but he was on the bench. He understands that others are stronger, he is not spoiled Son. Maldini, Costa Cuta, Baresi, and Tasotti who joined and fully integrated into the team's mentality at the age of 18, and then Albertini, these players have some extra traits in their hearts, and newcomers can understand that they are the soul of the team. Sometimes foreign coaches come to the training and they are all stunned. They will say, 'How could this happen? Everyone is ready, everyone arrives on time, everyone is training seriously, no one is late? ' No, why are you late? A team that can be managed as a fantasy. "