Anatomy of Maurizio Sarri

A kind of football literature was born in last years, especially around its most representative characters. It is so rich and large that the attention has been moved from sport to the person, the idol, the ritual object. Naples community celebrates the cult in a tribal way, almost voodoo. The relationship between religious icons is so strong and freak – just thinking to Saint Gennaro, Naples’ protector, and his blood miracle. There are a lot of videos showing old women waiting for the liquefaction, starting with a respectful behavior, then impatient, at the end insulting the Saint. But once he makes the miracle they venerate him again and again. Becoming the savior, a community that never asked help against raiders protector. 

Looking at which juxtaposition would get mad Maurizio Sarri would be funny: the religious one or the one about the cult of personality. But whatever he likes, in last two years his personality celebration has gone beyond. And like Saint Gennaro even Sarri has to give, to demonstrate, to make gifts, everytime. Otherwise people become impatient and unsettled. There are a lot of supporters’ team hard to conquer, hardly to react at the old relationships. But Neapolitan people are different, they never promise eternal love, just the real and faithful one. The reason why they don’t tolerate betrayals…

Neapolitan community is like the most demanding woman in all over the world. They want repeated and convincing gestures, they want to be charmed everytime, no interruption and cold moments. 

It’s hard work, complicated, exhausting. And to carry it on we needs specific people. 

We need someone as Maurizio Sarri. 

Feel Like Andrea Camilleri

The comandant. The commodore. Che Gue Sarri. They are all little marvels, perfect fitting references about a man who can be both the boss both the first support to his men. 

But Sarri has a clear and defined idea in his way to play football. His requests are so simple: the game asks to score and to entertain. So it’s essential to play a beautiful game to reach a common achieve. Today the beauty is fast play, collective with some flashes of genius (if you have one). The reason why Sarri never hides his great players, talking about his greatness. He really knows the team is the most important thing, but if you have a genius you need to tell him, because the result will definitely be the usefully for the team. 

So, commandant, commodore, Che Gue Sarri are all great. But the concentration to achieve the aim using an elegant and enchanting plot are perfect to get close to one of the great author in Italian literature. Then, for sure, the cigarettes. 

Dress Like Carletto Mazzone (especially in Brescia-Atalanta)

“I dress the coverall because I carry out a field job”. In that quote is held everything: accuracy and desire to live deeply that world, but the desire to belong to a group too. Always reminding to his men: “I am as you are, I am with you, I will never leave you”. Dress-code in soccer has to be built on two basic things: erasing dress-code words, get involving everyone to “field job”, beginning from coach. 

Think like: Sarrismo

“I understand world is changing quickly in stranger way. Anyone talks about work, just players market. Someone has built this players market passion. Stadiums are empty, but Everyone talks about players market. Reality is lost. Reality is made by work. I come from amateur, I well know sometimes you don’t have money, and you just have to create something”. Sarrism comes to fundamental terms: reality, as something you can touch and modify, something you has to work on; and invention, that begins necessarily from

Sound like: Francesco De Gregori, La leva calcistica del ‘68

This song reminds all the sweat, the dristrict’s fields mud in raining days, the hard work. The failure. De Gregori’s song is a soccer poetic milestone because talks about failure importance, because it has to be a starting place in this game. 

Taste like: espresso cafè

Sarri’s figure waiting for the espresso under the rain – smoking his cigarette – is something so wonderful.

Love Like: I feel horny even for a scrimmage

If you faced to years of amateur, third and second league, a champions league match will sure make you so proud and happy. But if you have something to tell, if you have a story, if you made foot after foot by yourself, no gifts, you are like and old oak, full of distinctive traits and veining. You have something to teach, but You will never forget first amateur match, and the way it made you horny. Maurizio Sarri is like and old oak full of memory.