Sacchi: “I sent a message to Ancelotti, he replied …”

The legendary former coach Arrigo Sacchi analyzed the current situation of the Italian teams in the Champions League on The Gazzetta dello Sport, also revealing an exchange of messages with Ancelotti on the eve of Real Madrid-Inter.

A league: “Before the teams were more tactical, we are going from tactics to strategy, which is what the public wants. Imagine a motorcycle race that goes at most 100 kilometers: nobody would want to look at it ”.

Roma: “The only tactical team last day, in the defensive phase, was Mourinho’s Roma. She has come forward denouncing her limits, giving up playing, and Inter overwhelmed her ”.

Ancelotti: “I sent a message to Carlo saying ‘watch out, Inter are very well.’ He told me ‘we are too’. So a great game awaits us, I suppose ”.

Benzema: “Karim is a phenomenon, his absence is an advantage for Inter and a problem for Vinicius. The work of the French helps him a lot ”.

Real Madrid: “They are very good when they have the ball, much less when they don’t. Defense is their problem, they always did little work on it. Arriving in Madrid and letting him dominate the game would be suicide. “

Milan-Liverpool: “It takes a feat from the Rossoneri, they must be united and respond to every blow. Italian teams never played with 11, they always had a greater number of footballers who only thought about defending. Klopp won’t give away anything, it’s not his way of thinking. The rotations, that yes, can be a small advantage ”.

Atalanta: “Villarreal are not experiencing a great moment, but they are a technical team that plays very well. Atalanta must perform the umpteenth miracle of recent years. What they are doing gives football courage. Also the teams that spend a tenth of the top, can go far. La Nazionale de Mancini and Atalanta are giving courage to a championship that they never had ”.

Juventus: “His squad that nobody has, his players are in the best teams in the world. However, they made a mistake, the worst possible one: not changing anything while winning. An Austrian philosopher used to say: ‘if something works, correct it’. Juve is paying less agonistic force. It has quality, but it lacks rhythm ”.