Tardelli: 'English don't like tactics'

By Football Italia staff

Marco Tardelli warns Antonio Conte will have trouble at Chelsea. “The English don’t want to understand tactics.”

The former assistant manager to Giovanni Trapattoni on the Republic of Ireland bench knows all about dealing with players in the Premier League.

“It’ll be a wonderful experience for Conte and he’ll settle in well in London,” Tardelli told Radio Deejay.

“He will have the opportunity to build a team, just as Jose Mourinho did. The only problem is that the English don’t really want to understand tactics.”

Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri said something similar earlier this month, noting he agreed a pact with his squad to lay off tactical lessons.

Ireland are in Italy’s group at Euro 2016 this summer, so how does Tardelli see that match?

“It’s a good Ireland and they have improved. In our day they got tired of listening to us talk, but we both took steps towards each other and they too realised we have to be balanced on the field.”

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