Ajax's coach, Francesco Farioli, has a golden advice for Netflix: “It is worth a documentary”

It is a year full of events for Francesco Farioli in Amsterdam. He came, he was criticized intensely, but he worked tirelessly to take Ajax first. This attracts a lot of attention. On the coach/philosopher, but also on secondary aspects. He does not want this. “The focus should be more on football and the team,” says the coach.

Francesco Farioli brought the football football in his own style. He rotated the lot, an initially criticized strategy, but the coach said he would be accepted over time. Now, Farioli prefers to focus on each match, avoiding any discussion about the Champions League group phase, the qualification being ensured in the case of a victor next weekend, against the Utrecht.

Francesco Farioli believes that his students from Ajax should receive more attention: “the boys are worth”

If Ajax defeats Utrecht, the discussions will focus on qualifying in the group stage, not on the championship. The coach is pleased that the attention is heading for football. In recent weeks, numerous articles have appeared about it. At Gazzetta dello Sport he dedicated a large article, and in the Netherlands, the press visited the hairdresser and his favorite restaurant, with articles about his family. “I would prefer less attention,” Farioli said.

“I feel that my life is a little under the magnifying glass. On the one hand, it is pleasant. But I would prefer less attention, because now it seems that I am the protagonist of the whole story. The boys deserve more investigations and documentaries,” joked the coach, according to Sportnuw.nl. However, it contributes to this situation through the numerous interviews given to the media channels of the AJAX club, which are well received, inevitably attracting attention.

Francesco Farioli: “You want to celebrate every step forward in your process”

At the press conference, Farioli shared a new perspective on celebrating successes, such as qualifying in the Champions League. Pep Guardiola said this year that access to the Champions League is a prize as important as the title. “I agree with him,” said Farioli, asked about this topic. “You want to celebrate every step forward in your process. Football sometimes seems very easy, but it is not.”, Continued the Italian coach, according to the Holland press.

Farioli: “successes must be celebrated”

“But before we celebrate, we have to work hard. So we have no time to prepare a party. I think we have already collected our hands and embraced us enough after we secured the third place on Sunday. Now we have to work again and perform.”

The holiday will take place after the end of the season, but a location can already be excluded.

Previously, Farioli had stated that he would take his players to his parents restaurant. And this aspect of the private life of the Italian was intensely publicized. The restaurant in Italy, where he himself worked in the past, has become an attraction for Dutch tourists. This is no longer necessary. “In the meantime, they sold the restaurant. Bomb news,” he said with a slight sarcasm.