Maurizio Sarri reveals the encounter with Max Allegri at the start of their management careers. “A friend said to me, if you two are coaches, anyone can be.”
It was in Serie C2 on November 16, 2003, with only 1,400 fans in the stadium.
Sarri’s Sangiovannese hosted Allegri’s Aglianese in a dire 0-0 draw, but 15 years later they would both have Juventus on their CVs.
“Nobody believed in us at the time,” Sarri said on stage at an event to mark 100 years of his hometown club Figline.
“That game ended 0-0, no goals, no shots on target. At the end of the match, a friend said to me: ‘If you two are coaches, anyone can be…’
“I hope and believe that there is still something of that Sarri in me now. The spirit is the same, I haven’t changed the way I approach football.
“The emotions I felt in Sangiovannese v Montevarchi are something I’ve rarely experienced again in my career, not even in international Finals.”
Sarri won the Europa League Final with Chelsea in May.
sohambhattacherjee
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Official: After Sarri's friend told him to give up smoking, he started blaming Allegri. Alleging him by saying that he got addicted to it because of Allegri.
fecaceluz
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Indeed, that friend was not wrong, the only thing that changed is that Allegri is a better coach. if you haven't changed the way you approach football, you better change now before football changes it "password "
mickey00
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that is actually a reality and a self-defeating proposition. it says all about sarri, he lack confidence in his own ability. all he has to do is to release the juventus players to play freely rather than bounding and restricting them to his time wasting and unfruitful philosophy
Biriubiriu
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Sarri is a coach that doesn't have Passion for football, he lost in a final and he doesn't show any concern. He has been talking about unnecessary things.
Nadan7
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My team of the Year coaches by lord valverde Nowadays anyone can be a coach [Crylaugh] Sarri proved it