DO YOU KNOW THE MANAGER THAT FIRST DEVISED THE FALSE 9 TACTICS IN FOOTBALL?

 

Luciano Spalletti while at AS Roma

Italian gaffer, Luciano Spalletti who currently manages Zenit St. Petersburg in Russia, famously devised the false 9 formula from which a Francesco Totti-inspired AS Roma to entertain the world and that system ensured the Giallorossi experienced significant back to back Coppa Italia success in 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 seasons.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT NUMBER OF SCUDETTO FABIO CAPELLO WON FOR AS ROMA IN THE 2000/2001 ITALIAN SERIE A SEASON?

Under Fabio Capello in the 2000/2001 season, AS Roma won their third Italian Serie A title called the Scudetto on the last day of the season by beating Parma 3–1, edging out Juventus by two points.  

Francesco Totti was a large reason for the title victory and he would become one of the main heroes in the club's history, going on to break several club records. 

Other important players during this period included Gabriel Batistuta (who was the league Top Scorer with 20 goals), Aldair, Cafu, Vincenzo Montella, Antonio Casanno, Emerson, Walter Samuel, Vincent Candela, Hidetoshi Nakata, Damiano Tommasi and Marco Delvecchio.

DID YOU KNOW THE PLAYER THAT LOST HIS OWN PENALTY KICK THAT ELIMINATED ITALY FROM THE FRANCE 1998 FIFA WORLD CUP AGAINST THE HOST?

Luigi Di Biagio then playing for AS Roma missed the crucial penalty kick in the shoot-out that eliminated the Azzurris of Italy in the quarter final match between them and the Les Bleus of France in the France 1998 FIFA World Cup at the Stade de France. He had 31 caps and scored only two goals from 1998-2002 for the national team and he currently handles the Italian U-21 team.

DO YOU KNOW WHICH COACH THAT HAS THE DISTINCTION OF WINNING DOMESTIC LEAGUE TI



Fabio Capello

Fabio Capello have managed clubsides like AC Milan of Italy, Real Madrid of Spain, Juventus of Italy and AS Roma also of Italy and he has the distinction of winning the domestic league titles with every of this clubs he has coached throughout his career.

DO YOU KNOW THE ONLY EUROPEAN COUNTRY THAT HELD ALL THREE EUROPEAN CLUB TROPHIES IN ONE SEASON?



Marco van Basten

 Italy is the only country to have won all three European club diadems in the 1989/1990 season. AC Milan won the UEFA Champions Cup (now UEFA Champions League), the UEFA Cup Winners Cup was clinched by Sampdoria and the UEFA Cup was captured by Juventus FC. Interestingly, all three teams were beaten by AS Roma in the 1990/1991 Coppa Italia campaign.