In an interview with Sportitalia, Maurizio Sarri returned to his time at Juventus where he led the Turin club for a season. The Italian technician notably mentioned the delicate management of Cristiano Ronaldo, the star of the Piedmont team.
Landed at Juventus in 2019 from Naples with the promise to do better than at the Neapolitan club, Maurizio Sarri will have lasted only one season. While his contract runs until 2022, the Italian technician was fired the day after the elimination of the Bianconeri in the knockout stages of the Champions League.
New coach of Lazio Rome since June 9. Maurizio Sarri returned to this short stint in the Turin club. If he admits to having known happy moments such as the title of Italian champion won in 2020, he especially underlined the difficulties encountered in the management of his workforce.
The Italian coach in particular pointed the finger at the case of Cristiano Ronaldo. A management which “is not simple because Ronaldo is a multinational: he has personal interests which must be combined with the interests of the team”. ” It’s a difficult situation to deal with, honestly I consider myself much better as a coach than as a manager“, Sarri explained in an interview with Sportitalia.
However, he recognized the importance of the Portuguese striker in his squad. A serial goalscorer who helps win titles. “There are also a lot of positive aspects. When a boy reaches these levels in numbers it is clear that he represents something that can exceed the institution and the team.” , he added.
The 62-year-old Italian also tackled his former club who did not deign to celebrate his title of champion of Italy, while the Bianconeri celebrated their retention in the big four of Serie A at the end of the season, synonymous with qualification for the next Champions League.
“My Scudetto? It was taken for granted on the outside, but I must also say inside the club. We won a Scudetto without celebrating it, everyone had dinner alone. The good year would probably have been that: a fourth place and I saw that they were celebrating, probably that the conditions were ideal ”, laughed Sarri.
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