STREET FOOTBALL
"Today's football is too inflexible. Kids today have a harder time adapting to a change of scheme or demarcation because they arrive at a team to work a specific style and they find it difficult to adapt or change their mentality. On the street, you play in small spaces with various players, and that changes your style. You become a more flexible and clever player when you play without rules in reduced spaces. Nowadays, we are at risk of losing that."
FABIO CAPELLO
"He is a very demanding coach. He has a working method that has always paid off, so he's not going to change it. He is very practical and he doesn't tolerate certain behaviours. He used to train behind closed doors in Italy and he is trying to do that more often here. Nevertheless, no method guarantees success."
THE TEAM'S STYLE
"We might not play a very appealing game, but we are more effective. This Real Madrid may look more Italian, but what's the point of having an 80% ball posession if you don't score? Capello is trying to apply his system and I hope he introduces further changes."
"In Italy we think about the match all week. This doesn't mean that we are more relaxed in Spain, but the preparation for a match is definitely different. Everything is more open here. There's more people surrounding the stars."
MARADONA
Fabio Cannavaro was one of the equipment aids in Sao Paolo when Maradona's Naples won the Scudetto. "He was one of my idols," said the Italian player, "I especially remember the celebration party the Club invited us to. I was twelve years old and it was a dream to spend those years with Maradona. It was amazing."
A GENETIC JUMP
Marca also published an extract of an interview to magazine FouFourTwo.
"Jumping is more important than height. That's the key to my game. Everything revolves around the jumping 'timing' that I have, which is something you can't learn how to do, you are simply born with the skill. My father also played football and jumped as high as I do. It's a genetic skill I have inherited from him. Many people were skeptical about my height at the start of my career, but my springing jumps convinced them of my quality, although I played as a midfielder until I joined the Under-17 Italian squad."
