The current did not pass. In an interview granted recently to
El MundoFabio Capello returned to the passage of Pep Guardiola to AS Rome under his orders, between 2002 and 2003.
“He came to tell me how I had to do my job and said to him: 'Go run and then you can speak.” I was not going to put him on the ground in front of people who had a lot more than him. That's all, the debate stopped there ”says the Italian technician first.
But Cappello did not stop there. He even criticized Guardiola's “coach” version. “Do you know what I don't like about Guardiola's?” His arrogance. The Champions League won with City is the only one where he did not try anything weird in the decisive matches. Every other years, in Manchester and Munich, in key matches, he always wanted to be the protagonist. He changed things and invented to say: 'They are not the players who win, it's me'. This arrogance cost him several victories in the Champions League ”he lets go.
“He hurt football”
Capello was even further in his criticism. “Even if it was not his fault, he hurt football a lot. Because everyone has spent ten years trying to copy it. It ruined Italian football, which has lost its nature ”he regrets. But despite his harsh words, the former coach claims to appreciate the Spaniard and recognizes his inheritance on the game. “I lived three revolutions in football, one every 20 years: Ajax de Cruyff, Milan of Sacchi and Barça de Guardiola,” he said.
