2024-09-12 03:01:00
“I don’t see myself having my ‘last dance’. I still want to train and I think I’m in a position to contribute something. Boca Juniors would be a dream come true, a crazy dream, I don’t know if it would be possible. A few games at the Bombonera would be a unique experience.”declared the coach Maurizio Sarri in an interview with the Italian media The Sports Gazette.
Maurizio Sarri and his desire to manage Boca
Maurizio Sarri He is a 65-year-old coach, originally from Naples, Italy. He directed Juventus —he was champion of the 2019/20 Serie A—, Chelsea —won the 2018/19 Europa League—, Napoli and Lazioamong others. In these last two clubs he did not win any titles, but he did win some very good numbers.
In a fact that seems to have become customary when footballers, fans and coaches around the world are interviewed, Sarri showed his admiration for Boca. The DT renounces the Lazio in March of this year and has no plans to retire. “I don’t see myself having my ‘last dance’. I still want to train and I think I’m in a position to contribute something. Boca Juniors would be a dream come true, a crazy dream, I don’t know if it would be possible. A few games at the Bombonera would be a unique experience.”he said in an interview in The Sports Gazette.
He also stressed that his age is not an impediment to continuing to work: “Young players are in fashion now, but last year the three European Cups were won by coaches of my age: Ancelotti in the Champions League, Gasperini in the Europa League and Mendilibar in the Conference League. I say the same about De la Fuente, coach of Spain, European champions.”
Praise for Higuían
The Neapolitan also praised Gonzalo Higuainwhom he directed precisely in Napoli“When I arrived at Napoli, (Higuaín) wanted to leave. I convinced him in five minutes: I told him that, with the football he wanted to propose, he would score many goals. Higuaín is my ideal centre forward, but he would be one for any coach. Absolute top,” he said.
Sarri took over as Napoli coach in July 2015. That season he Pipa He scored 36 goals in 35 Serie A games and not only established himself as top scorer (that’s what the top scorer is called in Italy), but he also broke the record for goals in a single tournament in the first division of Italian football. Cyrus Immobile He would equal the record in the 19/20 league playing for Lazio. Juventus was the champion of that tournament with 91 points, while the Neapolitans were runners-up with 82. Immediately after that historic tournament, the Old Lady paid 90 million euros for Higuaín’s transfer.