Gennaro Gattuso believes that Italian Football is forgetting what it has done over the last few decades and that there are less talented players in the game today.
In a recent interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport, Pisa manager and former AC Milan midfielder Gennaro Gattuso gave his opinion on the current state of Italian football and how he feels it has lost a bit of its culture and identity:
Barcelona and Guardiola have created monsters in the clubs and among coaches. Ultimately, it is a bit distorted. We’ve resorted to copying the others. We are losing a part of our defensive culture, marking and goalkeeping skills. We need to change, it is only right but why not hold on to what we have been good at for many years?
We have four stars on our chest. Today, there are many coaches coming out of the Coverciano who are doing great things, so it is not like what we have been doing for the last 50 years has been a waste. What about the type of football that Mourinho and Simeone play?
Gattuso further discussed the difference between coach and player, and his view on why there is a lack of talent in Italian football:
To do this type of job, it is not enough just being a great player. You have to understand who you are dealing with, express yourself in the right way and be consistent. It is much easier being a player than a coach.
Today, our younger players are playing and training ten hours a week, less than in Holland, while at one time we played ten hours a day. Maybe that is why there are not talented players. Today, we have phenomenons at the technological level with their mobile phones and Playstation and less phenomenons in football.
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