He used to be incredibly tall and also a bit of a monster. Trpišovský admires the opponent’s coach

For the coaches of Czech champions, the former excellent defensive midfielder is a great legend, whom he previously watched with admiration on television in an Arsenal jersey. According to Trpišovský, Vieira proves his great quality even as a coach.

“For me, it’s an incredible experience as before, when I had the opportunity to meet a lot of other coaches. For me, it’s an absolute legend. I’m talking about Arsenal, but it’s also about Inter Milan and the French national team, which had no competition or analogues in its time. He was a fantastic player, “Trpišovský said at today’s press video conference.

At the club level, Vieira became most known during his tenure at Arsenal, for which he played for nine years. Among other things, he won the English league three times with the “Gunners”. He then worked at Juventus Turin and Inter Milan, with which he won four championship titles. He ended his playing career in Manchester City. He was also successful at the international level, winning gold with France at the World and European Championships.

“Of course I really appreciate meeting him in person tomorrow. When he was captain of Arsenal, I swallowed English football like everyone else. Arsenal was the leader of the English league and a team ahead of his time. He was the captain of the team that went through the English league. undefeated the whole season (2003/04) and won the title, “said Trpišovský.

“An incredible experience to watch matches with Manchester United and his fights with Roy Kean, for example, both on the field and before the match,” added the former coach of Žižkov or Liberec, who, like Vieira, is 44 years old.

According to him, a native of Dakar overtook his time. “For me, it was one of the top six I’ve ever seen. A huge complex player who was incredibly high on football, plus it was such a monster, plus a lot of personal fights, took up a lot of space and had a winning mentality. I think that he was the most important player of Arsenal in his era, “stated Trpišovský.

He considered Vieira to be a huge personality on the field, which he transferred to the coach’s bench. “This can also be seen in the way Nice is able to work with the line-up this season. During the beginning of the season, they use three line-ups and move smoothly on them, either before or during the match,” said the Prague native.

In the past, Vieira coached New York City, and Nice took over in 2018. In the last season of the French league, which did not complete due to the coronavirus pandemic, he finished fifth with the team. Nice is fourth this year. He has three points in the European League after two rounds, as well as Slavia, Leverkusen and Beer Ševa.