Thursday, February 10, 2011

Cesare Prandelli: "In Germany there is more courageous than in Italy"

Daily Soccer Buzz: Do you remember at the 4th July 2006, Signor Prandelli? Cesare Prandelli: If I am not altogether wrong, took place as a World Cup semi-final. I was on vacation and was feverishly watching TV. 2-0 against hosts Germany, I felt a bit proud to be Italian - while also immense appreciation for the Germans.

Daily Soccer Buzz: How? Prandelli: The lasting impressions of this World Cup was fantastic. A warm atmosphere, full stadiums with families and children, support their team, but also respect for the opponent - in my ideal football would always be so. Daily Buzz Soccer: Italy enters again on Wednesday in Dortmund.

Is about the duel more than a friendly game? Prandelli: It's not at crucial points, but between two nations also plays a role always thought the Prestige, the duels were often something special. Everyone in Italy can not remember the World Cup final in 1982 and the historic semi-final in Mexico in 1970.

There is even a film, "Italy - Germany 4:3", where old school pals meet after a long time to get the game another look. Daily Soccer Buzz: Just to be is not so much on Wednesday, yes. Prandelli: Germany has taken in recent years a good break and was quite rightly one of the protagonists of the 2010 World Cup.

We're just at the beginning of the change and know that a long way to go. Accordingly, means the game for Italy is an important indicator. Daily Soccer Buzz: You already knew before the World Cup of your employment. Did you even during the performance of the Azzurri in South Africa again: Oops, I might have a hard job? Prandelli: No, I thought, "Oops, I expected a stick of hard work (laughs).

Daily Soccer Buzz: Did you find the criticism of your predecessor Lippi right? Prandelli: The football has a short memory. Lippi has won the World Cup after Italy, which no one takes him. He is the world champion coach, period. Daily Soccer Buzz: You are now in over a half years in office.

What is the first conclusion? Prandelli: In the European Championship qualifiers is the balance in ordinary three wins and a draw, we have achieved nothing but a long time. My main goal in the first game was to excite the fans again for the Azzurri. Succeeded. Daily Soccer Buzz: The wonder, the fans met the Azzurri themselves after the World Cup victory but often very polemical.

Prandelli: I thought it was absurd that the world champion rarely receive the deserved love struck - unfortunately, often the opposite is true. That is why I gave the players the first thing that we are approaching the public need and we should not include in an ivory tower. I guess it does not take much to build a cordial relationship, if each of us is dedicated to the fans some time.

This is ultimately to our profession. Daily Soccer Buzz: What triggers memories for some distance from Genoa in the memory of you where rampaging Serbs provoked a game cancellation of the European Championship qualification match? Prandelli: Terrible memories. In 1985 I witnessed as a Juventus player in the national championship final against Liverpool the Heysel tragedy, and feared for a few moments, a similar escalation.

Right next to the away section, there were parents, children - it was not that long and it would not be just a football game, but families have been destroyed. Unfortunately, we fail to conquer these perverse violence. Therefore, players and coaches are all the more the duty of fair play and positive values to transport.

Daily Soccer Buzz: Is it so complicated to get the violence problem under control? Prandelli: Other countries have done it with very drastic measures. I argue: who does any kind of violence is punishable by law must never again set foot in a stadium. Daily Soccer Buzz: You mentioned a long way in rebuilding.

How long exactly? Prandelli: I am looking for young players with quality, which already stand the pressure and are at fixed sizes. Promising Italian youngster I see currently, however. The Serie A is full of class players, but poor for my needs. Daily Soccer Buzz: If the Calcio an extensive youth problem? Prandelli: That can not be dismissed out of hand.

The proportion of employed young players regularly developed in recent years - of course suffers from the national team. And if even more promising youngsters like Alexander Merkel at Milan given a chance, they are often foreigners. I'll give you another example. Daily Soccer Buzz: Please.

Prandelli: Until a few years at least put the team from the midfield talents in the Italian Serie A, brought out large and then sold it to the top clubs. Now these teams get ready players from abroad, because they also have no patience. Even with the decline of a small club there endless hysteria, because Italy holds the pure result of culture at all costs.

The choice to focus on foreigners has increased, limited the growth of the Italian youth safe. Daily Soccer Buzz: It came also many mediocre players from abroad, which blocked the offspring. Prandelli: With your theory I agree. Daily Soccer Buzz: Why do countries like Germany are working in the youth sector more successful? Prandelli: Because they represent a different policy.

Abroad, take frequent lack of experience in international comparison in terms of purchasing and the youngsters are so in Europe just before her husband, where one is brave because another sports culture prevails. You may prepare a longer term project, because after a few defeats, the world comes not, as is the case in Italy.

Daily Soccer Buzz: In the FIFA World Ranking Italy occupied 13th place and is behind countries such as Greece and Norway, only number ten in Europe. Find the image slant? Prandelli: The fact is absurd, but the reality does. A great drama I lay in 13th place, because with a few wins to climb back up.

But the ranking does currently not my real problem, but the reconstruction of a team, the future promises. Daily Soccer Buzz: With almost certainly lose Italy soon a Champions League place in the Bundesliga. You can not satisfy. Prandelli: We have to think about and to take rapid action force.

First, you lose some in the Fifa rankings, then a place in the Champions League - suddenly you need years to climb back to the top. Daily Buzz Soccer: Italy was defeated in the allocation of European Championship finals tournament twice in a row. For political or other reasons? Prandelli: Whether it was politics, I can not judge.

Perhaps also played a role antiquated structures that can not withstand the comparison with other major leagues. Italy lost to secure an immense opportunity to renovate the stadium. On television we admire in the Bundesliga or Premier League full stadiums that are different from here, the clubs - where the arenas of course, offer more comfort.

We are the stages not suitable for families and the infrastructure such as parking is a disaster. Daily Soccer Buzz: About Italy, however, says new stadium for years. Prandelli: We Italians are masters just us fill the mouth with big projects, they implement only cumbersome. The capacity would be present in our highly innovative people, yes.

But until something is changing in Italy, it takes a lot of patience. Daily Soccer Buzz: As a club coach, you were always on the offensive game, you want to keep this course? Prandelli: My objective for the future remains an offensive system - a spectacle that people want to watch with enthusiasm in the stadium.

We possess, players such as Antonio Cassano and Mario Balotelli with the quality. You can do a lot of tactics and organization, but if the quality, that certain something missing, nice football remains bound by the wayside.

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