The Other Side Of Gattuso

corrieredellosport.it The Europa League's first round in the last 16 will be colored by a Big Match that brings AC Milan together with Arsenal. As quoted from liputan6.com (8/3/2018), two of the history-laden team will meet with AC Milan who acted as host at San Siro on Thursday (8/3/2018) local time or Friday morning time Indonesia.

Gennaro Gattuso will face Arsene Wenger in the Europa League. Source: bongdachuyennghiep.com
Although both teams are teams that have a long history, but not with the coach. When viewed from the side of his experience, then Arsene Wenger and Gennaro Gattuso like the earth and sky. If Wenger has trained for 32 years, then the age of coaching career Gattuso only 5 years old. Gattuso who started his coaching career by doubting as a player in FC Sion, it can be said is still the age of corn in the world of coaching.

Interestingly, realizing that Gennaro Gattuso chose to be modest. Quoted from soccerway, Gattuso said, "Compared to Wenger I am just a rookie (beginner), I just started and he has trained for 30 years." For Gattuso, the match against Arsenal is a match between his new philosophy, against the long experience of Arsene Wenger.

As coach, Gennaro Gattuso looks more like a philosopher. Source: corrieredellosport.it <a class = "_ ZR irc_hol i3724 irc_lth" target = "_ blank" rel = "noopener" data-noload = "" tabindex = "0" href = "http://www.corrieredellosport.it/photo / calcio / serie-b / 2016/11 / 26-17879782 / pisa-trapani_gattuso_vs_cosmi_che_sfida_in_serie_b_ / "data-ved =" 0ahUKEwir8bGy0NvZAhVLuI8KHea-AlwQjB0IBQ ">
Gennaro Gattuso as coach, looks different 180 degrees with Gennaro Gattuso as a player. If as a player Gennaro Gattuso known for his hard game, uncompromising, and not infrequently very emotional. But all that seems to be lost when he becomes a trainer, from his style, attitude, and language he looks more like a philosopher. See, his style of training he calls a 'new philosophy'.

A very interesting scene occurred when AC Milan managed to beat Lazio in Olympico. At that time, the eccentric coach allowed his foster children to slap him. "I just want to make my squad happy, especially for the players who get mad at me because they sit on the bench, so now they have a chance to slap me," Gattuso said as quoted from fourfourtwo.com (30/1/2018).

As a player, Gattuso has an explosive emotion. Source: libertaddigital.com
On the other hand, who can forget the style of playing a Gennaro Gattuso while still actively playing at AC Milan and the Italian National Team? Spartan style of play, no compromise, hard, even tended to roughly dubbed The Rino (The Rhinos). Gattuso's style of play is a bit like that horned beast, squirming there and shuffling here, with steel-thick skin. It is also not uncommon for us to see the Rhino blowing his emotions on the referee or the opposing players.

In his autobiography I Think cause I Play, Andrea Pirlo writes his experience that Gattuso almost 'killed' with a fork. "Gattuso took a fork and tried to bring it to us, some of us missed the game because of Rino's fork (Gattuso's greeting)," Pirlo writes. You can imagine how the emotional outbursts of a Gatuuso to the point of attacking his colleagues with a fork, and some to not play.

Gennaro Gattuso, the living legend of AC Milan. Source: acmilaninfo.com
However, Gennaro Gattuso remains an AC Milan living legend. Now he's in charge of his former club tactics, although it's turned 180 degrees, Gennaro Gattuso now has a chance to be remembered by milanisti as a legend with his position as coach. Spirito Rino!