FC Barcelona manager Xavi criticizes Capello and Ancelotti as ‘the best in the world’

Legendary coach Fabio Capello praised Barcelona manager Xavi Hernández in an interview, calling Real Madrid rival Carlo Ancelotti the best tactician in the world. marca.

The Italian, best known for his time at AC Milan, who beat Johan Cruyff’s Barça 4-0 in the 1994 Champions League final, which also saw them beat Madrid and Juventus, praised his compatriot Ancelotti as saying: He called him “No. 1 in the world” for winning “every place he has worked.”

“It’s very hard to win as much as Carlo won. He went to Germany and won, he went to England and won, he went to Italy, it’s not that he won, it’s what he did. It’s a miracle, I never thought he would win the title with his team. ”

“He’s smart. He doesn’t have a system. It’s up to the players the system has. It’s a sign of intelligence to know how to adapt. You can’t always play the same style. It has “It’s up to the players. We need to put them in the right places, create a game plan that allows them to perform better and give 100%,” Capello added.

Capello then made a veiled comment about Xavi, pointing out that “a lot of coaches say, “This is how you have to play.”

“And, no, you can’t always play the same way. Look at the last match between Madrid and Barça.” [match]. I know they have quality players and a very fast striker, but they put their defensive line in the middle of the pitch… ‘Well, thank you very much!’ Carlo must have thought.” Capello said, referring to the Spanish Super Cup final, which Los Blancos won 4-1.

“There are coaches who claim, ‘This is my system, this is how I play.’ You have to study and prepare for every game, you always have to have a winning spirit and mentality, but most importantly, One of the things is knowing your opponents and how they play, their characteristics, what they’re good at and what they’re not good at.”

Capello is therefore not surprised that Xavi has been criticized recently.

“It happens all the time,” he pointed out. “Lewandowski is a bit down. He is not the same as last year, but that is important. There are very few centre-forwards. Haaland is a player who is growing year by year because he is young, but this year Lewandowski cannot play. ‘Not at the level we know him. That is the question”

The Caso Negreira case, in which Barça paid more than $8 million to a former vice-president of the refereeing committee (Barça president Joan Laporta held the board accountable for conducting honest consultations) Capello said the fiasco was “unbelievable”. It’s very bad for football.”

“This is a scandal. I don’t understand either side. If you’re president of Barcelona and you give money to the vice president of refereeing, you know it’s not right for the club. If you give the money to the vice-president of referees, the vice-president of referees, that’s even worse,” Capello explained.