13 interesting things you did not know about Chelsea's new boss, Maurizio Sarri

He was born in Bagnoli and Sarri began his part-time coaching career while he was working in the banking sector after a short period as an amateur player.

In the year 2000, he accepted a role with AC Sansovino in the sixth level of Italian football, and told the club that he would be leaving his coaching post there. failed to win the league. The team finished as champions.

It was during his stay in Sansovino that Sarri received the nickname of "Mister 33". after having prepared 33 games-set for use in a dead ball situation. This was an indication of his tactical sense and meticulous attention to detail.

Other jobs in Italy's minor leagues followed before Sarri rejoined Serie B club Pescara. From there he moved to Arezzo. The team struggled on their arrival and eventually lost, but Sarri gave them a few moments to savor, including a 1-0 win over AC Milan in the Italy Cup.

In 2011, he takes the leadership of Sorrento, and it is there that his work allows him to implement his own philosophy of football, which leads to a return to Serie B a year later, this times with Empoli. After narrowly missing the promotion in 2013/14, the Sarri team ensured its pbadage to the highest level of Italian football at the end of the next campaign.

Just arrived, many strangers had the impression that Empoli was destined to come down again. But Sarri, sensing what was needed to ensure his safety, put his young team in a way that made them hard to break, while playing a flowing football style. They finished in a very respectable 15th place and recorded impressive victories over Lazio and Napoli, the club he would join this summer to replace Rafa Benitez.

Sarri inspired and improved Naples, which had finished fifth in the previous campaign. In his first year, he finished second, getting a 19-point swing and scoring 80 league goals while playing a fast, fluid football style that won fans inside and out. outside the club.

The departure of star striker Gonzalo Higuain, who joined Juventus in the summer of 2016, brought out the best of Sarri's management. Rather than diving into the transfer market to recruit an expensive replacement, he twisted the side and asked some players to play in roles they were not used to before, with much effect.

The decision to move Dries Mertens, previously a wide man, into a central scorer position, and to change Marek Hamsik into a role on the left of a three midfielder had a liberating effect on the players individually, improving the team collectively.

The overall improvement of defenders Faouzi Ghoulam, Elseid Hysaj and Kalidou Koulibaly testifies to Sarri's training ability on the training ground while Jorginho, an essential part of his Naples team , is now considered one of the most comprehensive European Football backgrounds Later, Lorenzo Insigne and Jose Callejon, who have become well connected with Mertens, have made great progress under the direction of the Italian.

Last season, Napoli had the misfortune not to win the Serie A title, finishing second, but he did not miss a memorable performance, including two victories 4-1 against Lazio and a 1-0 win at home. Juventus.

Sarri likes his teams to play a dynamic football style with a focus on fast pbading, even in deep positions, and ball retention, encouraging players to be forward thinking in their approach.

He became the sixth Italian to take charge of the Blues, following Gianluca Vialli, Claudio Ranieri, Carlo Ancelotti, Roberto Di Matteo and Antonio Conte.

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