Cannavaro: “What Pep is saying to his players now, Malezani was saying to us in 1998!”

With the best words about him Alberto Malezani mentioned in a recent interview of Fabio Cannavaro!

The legend of Italian football was invited to talk about its golden generation Parma and its historic course in the 1998/99 season, when it won the UEFA Cup and the Italian Cup with its former coach Panathinaikou on her bench!

Cannavaro did not hesitate to compare the now 70-year-old technician with him Pep Guardiola, but also to state that Malezani was years ahead of his time, since what Pep is now saying to his players, he told them in 1998!

Fabio Cannavaro’s statements in detail:



“Malesani was a genius. What Pep Guardiola is telling his players now, Malezani was telling us in 1998. Why didn’t he have a better career? You know, when a coach is not a player, some players don’t really believe him. You have no credibility. For me he was an excellent coach, he introduced the goalkeeper into the game, he gave the defenders the freedom to go forward, he gave me a lot of advice. I am grateful to him for what he has done for me.

That Parma was a great team with Turam, Crespo, Verona, Chiesa, Baggio and Buffon. In 1998 he beat Juve and then Milan. Parma destroyed its opponents. In the UEFA Cup we beat Marseille 3-0 in the final, but we destroyed Bordeaux 6-0, Galatasaray 4-0.”

Cannavaro: “Guardiola? Malesani was saying the same things in 1998” – https://t.co/YXCYvcN52k

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