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Jas
 IP: 116.14.188.108 Jul 4, 08 - 8:23 AM |
Bati coaching - yes to national team, no to club
I think that's what it says, here's a new interview on ESPN spanish site, I'll try to get a proper translation if no one here is able to. I think basically he said he would coach the national team if the offer comes but he wouldn't want to coach any club because he doesn't want to move his family around. Para él sería un golazo ESPN  El ex internacional argentino Gabriel Batistuta dijo: "Hoy no necesito ser técnico" de un club. Pero admitió: "Si viene la selección, le digo que sí porque hay otras motivaciones" CÓRDOBA -- El máximo goleador en la historia del seleccionado argentino, Gabriel Batistuta, admitió que le gustaría dirigir al equipo nacional y descartó por ahora ser entrenador de algún club. "El ambiente del fútbol está muy convulsionado. Entrenar a un equipo sería una cosa agradable para hacer, pero no lo necesito. Yo puedo vivir de otra manera", dijo el ex jugador de Newell's, River Plate y Boca Juniors. Batistuta, quien está pasando una pequeña temporada en Reconquista (provincia de Santa Fe), efectuó declaraciones al diario La Voz del Interior a pocos días de su participación en el II Congreso Internacional de Fútbol, que se desarrollará en Córdoba entre el 24 y 25 de julio. "Meterme en ese lío (dirigir) sería una tontería. Vivo de otras cosas y aparte estoy saliendo recién del fútbol. Todavía tengo que despejar la mente. Quizá dentro de 10 años lo necesito. Hoy no necesito ser técnico", sostuvo. No obstante, el ex futbolista aclaró: "Si viene la selección, le digo que sí porque hay otras motivaciones. Si viene un club y a mí me entusiasma porque hay organización y no hay problemas, ahí voy. Pero ¿En dónde hay un club que te venga a buscar con esas condiciones?" Batistuta, quien jugó en Italia en Fiorentina, Roma e Inter, explicó cómo es la vida de un entrenador: "Si ganás, durás dos años. Si perdés, durás dos meses. Tengo familia y me muevo siempre con ellos. Es algo que hoy no necesito. Pero quizás venís el año que viene y te digo que sí, dame un equipo de interregional". Con una muleta como ayuda para movilizarse, recuperándose de una operación en uno de sus tobillos, el Bati calificó a Lionel Messi como "distinto". "Tiene características que otros no tienen. Es veloz, encara para adelante, es frío. Tiene camino por recorrer", puntualizó el delantero campeón de América con Argentina en Chile 1991 y Ecuador 1993. |
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Nadia
IP: 75.74.143.113 Jul 6th, 2008 - 4:13 AM |
Re: Bati coaching - yes to national team, no to club
Yes, basically he is saying that right now he doesn't need to coach a club because he hasn't gottten to that point in his life, if a club that was organized and without any problems would approach him, he would definitely do it, but as he says, "where is there a club like that!" He also said that he would coach the national team for other reasons( he didn't give those reasons) . He said to coach a club right now would be crazy, maybe in 10 years if he needs it, but right now he doesn't need the craziness! |
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Jas
IP: 116.15.119.216 Jul 6th, 2008 - 6:38 AM |
Re: Bati coaching - yes to national team, no to club
thanks for making it clear Nadia. Goal.com has picked up the story, here's the english version Batistuta Will Only Accept Argentina Job Many Argentine First Division clubs have shown an interest in the former Fiorentina great, but he affirmed that he will only be interested in coaching the national team. "If they call me from the national team, I will say yes, because there are other motivations. If a club want me, and there is enthusiasm because there is organization, there would be no problem, I'll go," he said. "But where is there a team who are looking for a coach with those conditions?" Batistuta's greatest moments at club level were experienced with Fiorentina, but he also played for Inter Milan and AS Roma in Serie A, before retiring in Qatar in 2005. Batigol believes accepting a coaching job would be a big mistake: "To get involved in that (coaching) would be silly. I find other pleasures, and as well as this, I have just come out of football. I still have to clear my mind," he stated. "Maybe in ten years I would like to. But for now I don't need to be a coach." A few months back, Batistuta attracted the interest of Argentine giants Boca Juniors, but he admitted that he was not ready to take up such a challenge. |
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Richie
IP: 149.254.200.220 Jul 6th, 2008 - 5:42 PM |
Re: Bati coaching - yes to national team, no to club
Thanks Jas that is an interesting article, and thanks for the translation Nadia! It would be good to see him back in football! the most important thing the coach of a country like argentina has to do is get the players playing together - i think he would have the strength of personality to do that. |
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