Fabregas: “Arteta motivated me to become a coach as quickly as possible”

The coach of the Italian Como, which plays in the country’s second-strongest division, Cesc Fabregas spoke about his first steps as a coach. The 36-year-old Spaniard was promoted to the first team in November after his stint with Como’s youth team.

“I don’t like defending one-on-one. When I was at Barcelona, ​​if an opponent played against us like that, they were destroyed. I remember Athletic Bilbao against Messi and Neymar, who scored two goals per game. There is also a similar trend in Serie B, but the quality of the players is lower here. We must be physically strong, smart and organized. Even on defense. I don’t like defending with five players and it’s better to keep the line higher to press.

Wenger was a master for young players, I value Mourinho for the way he motivates the players, Conte for the energy that comes from him, Guardiola for his tactics. However, they all have one thing in common: they want to win. I’ve never been in a locker room where other messages were conveyed. Only at Monaco, in France, I didn’t feel this. I always played to win.

I would love to continue working in the youth team to get used to the new job. Of course, then I planned to coach Como, but I swear I didn’t think it would happen so quickly. Arteta helped me. He also went this way. He told me: you cannot know whether you are a good coach, but if you are confident in your ideas and have a lot of experience, it would be better to go for a promotion. He motivated me,” Fabregas was quoted as saying by Gazzetta dello Sport.

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