Shoe salesman turned tactical icon – the Sacchi story

Golazzo: The Totally Italian Football Show

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🗓️ 30 January 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti review one of the most influential managers of all time, the leader of the iconic Milan side of the late 80s – Arrigo Sacchi. His father owned a shoe factory but he was viewed as a visionary by Silvio Berlusconi. But by the time Sacchi became Italy manager, there were Italians who were hoping he would lose the World Cup Final. What made him so revered as a coach? And what made/makes him so unpopular as well? In the modern day, it’s goals galore in Serie A and a perfect start for Piatek at Milan. Plus Mihajlović moves in at Bologna as they bid bye-bye to Pippo Inzaghi. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Arrigo Sacchi’s background and the route to Milan (01m 00s) • PART 2a: Sacchi’s tactical philosophy and managerial disciples (07m 50s) • PART 2b: Sacchi’s favourite Milan memories (19m 00s) • PART 2c: Sacchi’s departure from Milan (21m 00s) • PART 3a: Sacchi’s time as Italy manager (23m 45s) • PART 3b: A jaded Sacchi returns to club management (28m 45s) • PART 3c: Sacchi damages his popularity further post-management (30m 30s) • PART 4: Serie A round-up – a perfect start for Piatek as Bologna bid Inzaghi bye-bye (34m 00s) GET IN TOUCH: • find us on Facebook, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff. • send us a tweet: @theTotallyShow • for sales and advertising email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Golasso!
0:07.0	Today, far. Today firing up the retro rockets for a look back on one of Italian football's
0:18.8	biggest most influential most controversial figures of the last half century stop blushing
0:23.9	Gabrieli it's the story of a Rigo sake plus Rhette Rhette
0:29.2	Ete Rhette we round up Syria's 37 goal weekend.
0:34.0	GOL LASO!
0:38.0	Hello Gabrile Marcotti.
0:41.0	Hello.
0:42.0	Hello James. Hello James. And hello,
0:45.0	in 1987. Take it's a no. You're not me one.
0:57.0	Take it is a no.
0:58.0	Take it is a no.
1:00.0	Take it is a no. It is spring and a season at the tail end of the 80s and my
1:08.0	It is spring and a season at the tail end of the 80s and mighty meelan had just been beaten in the cup for the second time
1:15.0	that season by a tiny second division team called Palmer Sylvia Burlesconi
1:20.4	one of the most powerful men in Italy, has a solution.
1:24.2	He approaches Palmer's manager, a slight balding former shoe salesman and hands him the keys
1:30.3	to AC Meeler.
1:32.2	At the time, it was one of the most surprising appointments ever.
1:36.0	What followed, four years that revolutionized the game in Italy and beyond, and Mataki, one of the
1:41.6	most famous managers in the world. Nice choice of music today, Gab. A little bit of Vasko there.
1:47.0	Thank you. I was only actually like, who would be the antithesis sort of in terms of personality of Arigosaki in terms of
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