Sacchi: ‘Prandelli should stay at Fiorentina’

(GSM) – Arrigo Sacchi has advised Cesare Prandelli to keep his job as Fiorentina coach instead of taking charge of the national team.

The Viola manager has been linked with a move to the Azzurri after the departure of Marcello Lippi, due by the end of the World Cup 2010 campaign.

“I think Cesare is a great manager, an excellent coach,” said former Italy boss Sacchi.

“But when you are in charge of a national team you are not coaching really but just picking players. You don’t have the time to coach players but can only give them tactical views.

“Of course he is very good and very smart so he would know what to do anyway, but I see him better at a club.

“Actually, I wish him to stay where he is and do the ‘real’ job. Calcio needs a man like him to teach it on a daily basis,” added the Italian coaching legend.

Regarding Fiorentina, Sacchi has good feelings about their future.

“They were exceptional against Roma. They did everything right. The video of their game should be shown to all the kids in the youth teams.

“Football is not maths, that’s why they lost. But the game was in Fiorentina’s hand from the start till the end,” concluded Sacchi.