Why Benitez will be back at liverpool.
The notion that Benítez prioritises defence is true. A few years after joining Madrid’s academy as a 26-year-old coach in 1986, he fell in love with Arrigo Sacchi’s revolutionary AC Milan side which had lifted the European Cup in 1989 and 1990. Sacchi used a compact 4-4-2 with zonal marking and an aggressive offside trap. Entranced, Benítez showed footage to his squad and installed similar principles. Players were drilled in two lines of four, with incessant focus on synchronised pressing and positioning. By the early 1990s, when in charge of the reserve side Castilla, his sobriquet had become ‘Arrigo Benítez’.
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The notion that Benítez prioritises defence is true. A few years after joining Madrid’s academy as a 26-year-old coach in 1986, he fell in love with Arrigo Sacchi’s revolutionary AC Milan side which had lifted the European Cup in 1989 and 1990. Sacchi used a compact 4-4-2 with zonal marking and an aggressive offside trap. Entranced, Benítez showed footage to his squad and installed similar principles. Players were drilled in two lines of four, with incessant focus on synchronised pressing and positioning. By the early 1990s, when in charge of the reserve side Castilla, his sobriquet had become ‘Arrigo Benítez’.
Read more at http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/...YJ6r1sJOyLK.99
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