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Ricardo Ferretti criticizes modern football

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By Wilson Florez

Aug 15, 2024, 1:42 PM EDT

Ricardo Ferretti is one of the most respected coaches in Mexican soccer. “Tuca” is a winning strategist with his ways and styles. The Brazilian He criticized “modern football” and its technological measuring devices.

There are many measuring instruments on footballers nowadays. This is not new in sport, Well, baseball is an example of the excessive use of numbers thanks to sabermetrics.However, “Tuca” is against metrics surrounding football.

“Don’t believe it, wait for me, assure me, assure me that it is so, hToday a beggar physical trainer is already more important than you, and all the ball of gadgets and this, which is of no use, with the little ball I want them to play, not with the device“, Ricardo Ferretti told ESPN.

The role of physical trainers

In today’s football, players play more and more matches. Clubs fight for more trophies per year and The roles of physical trainers are essential to lighten the load. But Ferretti lashed out against the maximum interference of these professionals in the teams.

“You’re already training and there are three guys: ‘Hey, tell so-and-so that it’s too much’, too many balls of nonsense that they make, it’s the truth, they do their job, they take whatever time, and You start training a little and your assistant comes: ‘says the physical trainer’, ‘hey, the blood has already gone to his head’…go to hell, man,” Ferretti recalled.

The veteran Brazilian strategist has won many titles under his organic style of football. Despite not winning any major trophies in recent years, His imprint and style have left a legacy in Mexican football. Without the excessive use of technology, Ricardo Ferretti is one of the best coaches in the history of Mexican soccer.

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