Capello: My biggest regret is Milan s Champions League final loss to Marseille and Lampard s unjust case

Football 12:16am, 27 June 2025 98

The Italian famous coach Capello was interviewed and talked about multiple topics.

He said: "I have little regrets about my coaching career, and considering my career achievements, I can't ask for more."

Regarding which championship is the most important

"The first trophy I won in my player age was the Italian Cup with Roma. Then I changed the team and the first Serie A championship followed. And, the first Champions League...every trophy is very valuable. But I think what really impressed you deep down are the trophys you didn't win, the ones you did because of some stupidity. Errors, or trophys that are missing because of the stronger opponents. Trophys are of course important, but how to experience these trophys is more important, because you gain and pay for it. "

About the biggest regret

"The first regret is the Champions League final with Marseille. We lost the ball in a corner kick that should not have been awarded. If there is a VAR, the goal should have been cancelled and we lost. Another regret is that when I coached England, Lampard's goal was not counted, and the ball crossed the goal line of more than half a meter. This made us fail to equalize the score in the first half against Germany, and this wouldn't have happened if we used goal line technology. These two regrets made me very disappointed because we didn't make mistakes both times, but were unfairly punished by external factors. "

About never interfering with the private life of the player

" I never call the player. This I learned from Herrera: do what I do during training, do what I do during the game, and he doesn't want us not to invest. I will speak in the locker room, speak before training, and speak before the game But I wasn't interested in the private lives of the players afterwards. So I never called anyone, and if someone said I had called, it was a lie. "

" Because Herrera did exactly that: be devoted to your work, then your private lives, you guys take care of it, I don't want to know anything. Sometimes I get calls. At Real Madrid, I've received two calls saying, 'The player didn't come out of the nightclub at 5 a.m.' or 'That person didn't go home, but went to someone else'. I'll call back and talk to them and find out the situation... Then I said, the most important thing is to play well on the court.”

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