By Sergio Silva
17 Oct 2023, 16:34 PM EDT
Fabio Capello lived two stages at the helm of Real Madrid. In one of them, the experienced Italian technical director had the opportunity to direct a part of the so-called “Galacticos” among which was Brazilian forward Ronaldo, of whom the strategist does not have very good memories.
For the 2006-2007 season Florentino Pérez, president of Real Madrid, announced the arrival of Fabio Capello to take the place of Juan Ramón López Caroin the midst of a series of unexpected results taking into account the presence of a large number of stars within the white team, which in addition to Ronaldo also included Roberto Carlos, David Beckham and Raúl.
However, for the Italian technical director, Ronaldo’s presence was not very pleasing, since as Capello well remembers, The player’s talent took a backseat when the Brazilian star’s discipline was taken into account.who along with Luis Figo, Zinedine Zidane and David Beckham led the “Galácticos” group at Real Madrid.
“The most talented player I managed was Ronaldo, the “Gordo”, so that we understand each other. And at the same time he was the one who caused me the most problems in the locker room. “He had parties and involved the group”recalled the Italian coach during a participation in the University Institute of Linguistic Mediators in Milan.
For Fabio Capello, Ronaldo’s behavior finally exhausted his patience and Italian technical director remembers the precise moment in which he decided to leave the Brazilian star who after his time at Real Madrid continued his career in Serie A with AC Milan.
“It was in February 2007 when I decided to fire Ronaldo. “He liked parties and women too much.”noted Fabio Capello, who during the season in which he was in charge of Real Madrid led them to conquer LaLiga.
But indiscipline was not the only problem that Fabio Capello had with Ronaldo. The strategist also recalled that the Brazilian’s physique affected his performance and that he tried to get him to improve because he was overweight, but it didn’t: “he weighed 94 kilos that year. In Korea, at the 2002 World Cup he weighed 82. I told him to lose weight and he reached 92.5 kilos.”
Antonio Cassano also filled his patience
In addition to remembering the not so pleasant moments he lived with Ronaldo at Real Madrid, the Italian technical director Fabio Capello also had problems with the Italian striker, Antonio Cassano Known for his controversies throughout his career and in the merengue team he was no exception.
“With Antonio (Cassano) I came to blows. He ordered fries before every game, which was completely unacceptable. I got more upset with the chef than with him. “I didn’t understand why he did those things.”commented the Italian strategist, who after coaching Real Madrid became the England coach.
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