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Football is certainly the most famous sport in Europe and in football,
as well as in other sports, there is a limit to go beyond,
a dream to fulfil, a dream shared by many young people.
We are in Abano Terme for the 22nd edition of the International Youth Football Tournament,
where hundreds of young players belonging to the greatest European football clubs
are facing each other on the football field.
It is an important chance to compare the various football schools
and see how their differences and similarities originate.
In my opinion, what is important
is that in Italy we have our own concept of football,
just as Germany, France, UK have theirs.
We have to learn to make the best of our football
and improve it according to our culture and traditions.
With my experience of former football player
and current football coach,
I want to communicate that technique is fundamental in football
and it is impossible to reach top levels without it.
Physicality comes after, when the players are older,
not when they are playing in the U13 or even younger categories.
I think that teaching football technique to our players
is the most important thing to do at this stage of their careers.
We do our best to teach our boys
how to play football and entertain people.
The focus is not winning the match,
but letting the spectators see amazing football.
I believe that in this way
we give a good technical and tactical basis to our players.
This is why it is easier for them to go abroad
and play with other clubs,
we can see many boys raised by Ajax
playing in the best teams in Europe.
They all developed their basic skills
thanks to Ajax football school.
English football is often associated
with passion and physical matches.
We actually think that football is technique,
we have a goal oriented mentality
and attack is the focus of our football.
Training is very important for us,
we focus on attacking, how to pass the ball,
playing football with passion and giving emotions.
We train our boys *** specific aspects,
that is dribbling, ball handling and shooting.
My focuses during trainings are technical skills,
I concentrate on the features of the boys,
whether they are left or right-footed, and ball possession.
During the years spent at Ajax football school
we do our best to make the boys grow,
give them the experience to make the right decisions on the football fields
fields and a little bit of tactic skills
to have a complete football preparation.
I want the guys to know what to do and when,
and that they handle the ball well,
using all the allowed body parts to throw the ball where they want.
Corrado Grabbi from Juventus
Casimir Westerveld from Ajax and Robert Dipple
have different concepts of football,
but they all have a common goal,
that is helping young players dreaming
to be the next biggest champions grow.
I believe the dream of all children is becoming a professional football player.
There is a big difference with the past:
when I started playing football
I did not think about becoming a professional player,
I only thought about playing.
Today it is different,
television made information more accessible.
When I was 9 I only played because I loved football,
I did not even think about becoming a professional player,
it was such a big dream that I only wanted to have fun.
Now people,
especially parents in some cases,
see things differently.
The aim of all players is joining the first team
and becoming a great player by training hard,
because they want to be professional players in the English championship
or anywhere in the world.
Our dream is to continuously raise new generations of players
As far as Juventus is concerned,
we are happy with what we do and of the boys we have.
We are raising some boys
and we hope that they will follow the same path
s Marchisio’s, Giovinco’s and many others.
We have to do our best to support them
them in their lives as football players
and young men by giving them assurance,
which is what boys need the most today.