Cesc Fabregas explains how he picks gamers for Como and warns the tactical preparation in Serie A is so advanced that at instances it’s ‘unattainable to know what’s taking place.’
COMO, ITALY – FEBRUARY 14: coach Cesc Fabregas points directions to his participant of Como 1907 in the course of the Serie A match between Como 1907 and at Giuseppe Sinigaglia Stadium on February 14, 2026 in Como, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Pictures)
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The Spaniard has loads of expertise enjoying for , , and , bringing all of that to assist his
He took them from Serie B to Champions League qualification within the area of simply two years, combining with the funding of President Mirwan Suwarso and the information partnership with Jamestown Analytics.
Nevertheless, he additionally insists there’s something the information can not do, which is the human contact.
Fabregas must know Como gamers
MILAN, ITALY – APRIL 21: of Como 1907 talks to Cesc Fabregas, Head Coach of Como 1907 in the course of the Coppa Italia Semi-Ultimate match between and Como at San Siro on April 21, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Pictures)
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“The very first thing we take a look at is the particular person. In my first assembly with a participant I don’t talk about soccer. I solely talk about their private life,”
“I wish to establish their mentality, clarify who we’re, how we do issues, how we work. The gamers and the households are extra vital than anybody. You mark some clear issues in regards to the tradition of the crew and the membership after which after that we begin speaking soccer.
“I imagine in them blindly and when a coach believes blindly in his gamers — look, there are all the time belongings you can not management — however you’ll all the time get the most effective out of the participant or do higher than somebody who brings them in as a result of they’ve good knowledge however the coach doesn’t belief or know the participant.”
GENOA, ITALY – APRIL 26: Cesc Fabregas, head coach of Como, seems on previous to kick-off within the Serie A match between and Como 1907 at Luigi Ferraris Stadium on April 26, 2026 in Genoa, Italy. (Picture by Simone Arveda/Getty Pictures)
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An outline of what number of different golf equipment work present why he’s in no rush to go away Como, the place he has absolute management over the sporting aspect of issues.
“What I don’t perceive is typically golf equipment signal gamers with out chatting with the coach or with out the coach learning and chatting with the participant. It’s the coach who must make these gamers play and make them higher.”
for a coach, and even within the area of some months, he noticed that opposition groups tailored to his Como type.
“Right here lots of groups take into consideration methods to eradicate you by urgent and defending, not by attacking,” he defined.
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“Meaning a crew that desires to win must be prepared to interrupt down a defence that has been created to trigger you ache, to kill you. This requires extra consideration to element.
“How do you get away from all these duels in man-to-man with a crew that bodily isn’t the strongest crew? We’re a crew with expertise and technical capability. Bodily we’re not animals.
“Let’s put it this manner. They wish to deliver you into the context of the duels. They know you’re going to play. So you must take them into positions the place they’re not comfy and attempt to assault their weaknesses.
“Successful in , imagine me, folks say there are lots of 0-0s and 1-0s, it’s troublesome. Belief me, I analyse lots of soccer. I watch the Bundesliga, La Liga and the Premier League. Groups defend very, very in a different way to how they defend in Italy.
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“You watch Premier League groups, you see a construction. You see what they’re making an attempt to do. You see the type they wish to apply. Right here lots of the instances it’s unattainable. It’s unattainable to know what’s taking place. That’s why you must pay nice consideration to element,” concluded Fabregas.