Roma coach De Rossi hails new Italian coaching generation

Roma coach Daniele de Rossi hailed the strength of Italian coaching after reaching the Europa League semifinals.

De Rossi is part of a new generation of Italian coaches now breaking through.

He said after victory over AC Milan: We are continuing to churn out coaches who impress at this level. Sometimes you need an opportunity to know if a coach is too young or inexperienced. As I said, this opportunity fell from the sky and I grabbed it with both hands.

Yesterday we saw Carlo Ancelotti for what feels like the 100th time reach the Champions League semi-finals, so the school of Italian football will always provide interesting coaches. We see the younger coaches with different ideas, as perhaps they have been influenced by trends of the last decade, whereas the older coaches will stick with the ideas that saw them win multiple trophies.

We used to say the Italian school was the best for tactics, and maybe that was a bit of an exaggeration, but we are certainly seeing lots of interesting ideas coming through and ex-players like me eager to get into this fascinating work."