“BEFORE THE ’96 EUROPEAN FINAL, LIPPI WAS MORE LIKE A FIREMAN WHO NEEDED TO PUT OUT A FIRE”
You recently took over as coach of Crema in Serie D. Is your former Juventus captain Antonio Conte an inspiration, given all the success he has enjoyed in management?
He is one of my most influential role models – his fitness sessions are so knackering, but his teams are always flying. I would like to have been coached by him. Conte has made history everywhere, even in the Premier League, and I follow him with great interest.
You won the Champions League with Juve in 1996 – what did coach Marcello Lippi tell you before the game?
There wasn’t much to say the week before the game. Lippi was mainly focused on calming the players down. The adrenaline levels were high, because everyone was excited and
