Capello: Tough times for Italian football, few locals at Milan, Juve | OneFootball

Fabio Capello, former coach of Milan, Roma, and Juventus, spoke about the state of Italian football during the Globe Soccer Awards.

Capello on Italian football: “A difficult moment, Milan has two Italians, Juve one”

The former coach, now a pundit, Fabio Capello, spoke during the sixteenth edition of the Globe Soccer Awards, where he discussed the current state of Italian football and the difficulties young players face in establishing themselves consistently in Serie A teams.

These were his words: “It’s a very difficult moment for Italian football. Today I was talking about it with Gravina: in the final stage of the Youth League, three out of four teams were eliminated. This means we are not developing great talents, and that worries me a lot. We have gotten everything wrong in the development of young players.

We have focused more on tactics than on technique. At 12-13 years old, they teach tactics instead of teaching how to juggle, how to understand what to do with the ball at their feet. And these are the results. When we found a boy who dribbled, we told him to pass it immediately. Instead, they should be allowed to dribble freely. This mentality, over time, has ended up stifling natural talent. The lack of Italian players in our league is incredible. When I think that at Milan there is one, sometimes two Italians playing, it’s really worrying. At Juve there are few, and it’s the same everywhere.”

Francesco Avano

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