“He’s an idiot”, Fabio Capello pays Emiliano Martinez (and Ronaldo)
The legendary former Italian coach of AC Milan and Real Madrid, Fabio Capello, debriefed the 2022 World Cup at length on Saturday in the columns of Corriere della Sera. The 76-year-old technician tackles the attitude of Argentinian goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez after the Albiceleste coronation. He also does not spare the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo on the management of his end of career.
It’s an opinion that counts in football. At 76, former Italian coach Fabio Capello still has a keen eye on the world of football and on the World Cup in Qatar in particular. Consultant for Sky Sport, the former coach of AC Milan (a victory in the Champions League in 1994) distributed the good and the bad points in a long interview granted on Saturday to the Corriere della Sera. Emiliano Martinez goes straight into the second category. Asked about the obscene gesture of the Argentine world champion with the trophy for best goalkeeper of the World Cup, Capello does not go overboard: “He’s an idiot”, he tackles.
“Ronaldo was presumptuous”
If it’s not directly linked to the World Cup, the former Real Madrid coach also takes a critical look at the end of Cristiano Ronaldo’s career. The five-time Ballon d’Or is still without a club after unpacking his moods at Manchester United in an explosive interview: “He looked for it, believes the Italian. With everything he has accomplished in his career, “It does him no credit. I’m not talking about the player but about the timing. He was presumptuous. He went around the offers without finding a club that believed in him. He has become a bit cumbersome for a team.”
It includes Deschamps on the management of Benzema
To return to the World Cup, but on a more positive note, Fabio Capello spoke about the management of Didier Deschamps on the case of Karim Benzema, package at the World Cup: “Yes I understand it because I did the same thing with Savicevic before the Intercontinental Cup in 1993 (with AC Milan against Sao Paulo, defeat of the Lombards 3-2, editor’s note). It was only the morning of the match that I learned that he was fit to play then that I had already prepared everything with Raducioiu. Out of respect, I didn’t let him play. I felt that I behaved well towards the team. But there is still an unanswered question. : ‘With Savicevic and Benzema, would Milan and France have won another trophy?’ Maybe…”, finished the Italian.