“The Brazilian worked a lot with Italian coaches.”, — write: football.ua
The Brazilian worked a lot with Italian coaches.
Luis and Sarri, Getty images December 26, 2025, 6:27 p.m
“The most special was Sarri. I almost started smoking because of him… Every day he called me to his office and said that we need to talk. He smoked one, two, three cigarettes, had a conversation, and I said: “Please open the window.” To which he replied: “Shut up, we need to talk about football.” He was a fantastic coach and person.
Victory in the Europa League final? Sarri admired the medal like a child. And I was so happy for him, even more than all the titles I won in my life.
He came to us with great passion and wanted to change everything in a month. I was one of those who tried to calm him down: “Calm down, it’s not like Napoli at all.”
There was a situation with Azar – he asked him to press, got angry and threw papers on the floor. I went to him to explain that Chelsea have a different style of play. After the first three months, he opened up to us. And we opened up to him. The team improved: we finished third in the Premier League and won the Europa League, dominating the final,” said Luiz.