"It's absolutely true that there were great champions [at Milan], but at the heart of everything was the game that these champions knew how to interpret to perfection. How many teams made up of champions haven't followed the same path as us? Many, many. I remember, because I had firsthand experience, that when I went to Real Madrid, this was the attack: Beckham, Raul, Ronaldo the Phenomenon, Zidane, and Figo."
"However, I confess I have hope. He was a great Juventus player, he became a champion wearing the black and white shirt, he had a master like Marcello Lippi as a technical guide, he learned from him, he followed his advice, so why not imagine him on the Juventus bench? Not immediately, not now, far from it, also because I would be disrespectful towards Tudor and his work."
Arrigo Sacchi built a dominant AC Milan through a clear, collective game philosophy that allowed exceptional players to operate as a unit. A star-studded squad without a unifying tactical approach often underachieves, as shown by a Real Madrid attack full of top names that failed to win because the game did not bind them together. Zidane understood and tried to apply Milan’s principles during his coaching at Real Madrid. There is openness to Zidane eventually taking a role at Juventus given his playing pedigree, coaching influences, and preference for attacking football, although not immediately out of respect for the current coach.
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