Nereo Rocco
Nereo Rocco ( born May 20, 1912 in Trieste, Austria - Hungary, † 20 February 1979 in Trieste, Italy ) was an Italian football player and coach.
- 2.1 As a coach
- 3.1 Literature
- 3.2 External links
Career
As a player
Nereo Rocco began his career on the position of the striker at half U.S. Triestina. In 1937 he moved to Napoli, later he finished his career at AC Padua during wartime. In the national team he brought it to use one. He played on six links in a 4-0 victory in a World Cup qualifier on March 25, 1934 against Greece.
As a coach
Through his work at the AC Padua ( 1954-1961 ), where Nereo Rocco in 1955 brought about the rise in the Serie A and Padua was able to hold until his retirement in 1961 there, the coach was the Bureau of AC Milan made a positive impression. They committed the man from Trieste to Round 1961/62 as their new coach for the " Rossoneri ". In his first season he won the title with Milan in Serie A.
In the European Cup of Champions 1962/63 he led his team to victories over Union Sportive Luxembourg, Ipswich Town, Galatasaray and FC Dundee in the semifinals, in the final on 22 May 1963 after London against the defending champions Benfica. Thanks to his motivational skills and tactical skills he could with his team to play attractive attacking football and not focus entirely on the defensive. Eusebio brought at Wembley Stadium, the Portuguese, although a 1-0 lead, two goals from José Altafini decided the game but for the team from Lombardy. The defensive and goalkeeper Giorgio Ghezzi, Cesare Maldini and the sweeper Sonderbewacher of Eusebio, Giovanni Trapattoni, left no more goals after the 2-1 lead. The clear victory with 3-0 against Ipswich, 5-0 against Galatasaray and the 5-1 semi-final win at the San Siro against the "Dark Blues" from Dundee spoke clearly for the Spielphilosphie of Nereo Rocco.
In its second commitment from 1967, he won with Milan first with nine points ahead of Napoli in 1968 in the Serie A ninth " Scudetto ". After successes against Levski Sofia, Gyori ETO Vasas, Standard Liege and in the semi-final against defending champions Bayern Munich, he moved in the European Cup winner in the final on 23 May 1968 in Rotterdam against Hamburger SV one. The band led by Uwe Seeler had against Rocco protégés in the 0-2 defeat not a serious chance to win. Too great was the technical, playful and tactical superiority of AC Milan.
The following year, 1969, the man from Trieste led his team in the final of the European Champions' Cup. Again, he had turned in the semifinal with Manchester United the defending champions. On 28 May 1969, at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, the team of Rocco sat superior 4-1 goals by Ajax Amsterdam. The defense with goalkeeper Cudicini and the defenders Anquiletti, Malatrasi, Rosato, and quick Inger was easy to let too much get to the offensive by Johan Cruyff at Ajax side effect to develop in conjunction with the midfielders Trapattoni, Lodetti and Rivera. But that's not enough of success, Nereo Rocco and his team won the World Cup also in 1969 against Estudiantes de la Plata.
The fourth European Cup success Rocco celebrated in 1973 in the Cup Winners' Cup. Red Boys Differdange, Legia Warsaw, Spartak Moscow and Sparta Prague were the stations before the finale on May 16, 1973 in Thessaloniki against Leeds United. In the final game the coach had short renounce his intelligence chief Karl -Heinz Quick Inger, who had suffered a thigh strain in the final training session. With a goal from Luciano Chiarugi Milan decided the game and had thereby also won the Cup Winners' Cup competition for the second time. The " Paron " that crowned his successful work at AC Milan and retreated to the post of sporting director. As Milan seemed to get into the series 1976/77 into the relegation maelstrom, Rocco jumped again as the interim coach and took over from February to June 1977 as coach.
His hometown club, the U.S. Triestina, named their football stadium after famous players and even more successful coach ( Stadio Nereo Rocco ). In the National Team he was allowed, however, play only once.
Achievements
As a coach
- Italian Championship: 1961 /62 1967/68
- Coppa Italia: 1971/72 1972 /73 1976/77
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1967/68, 1972/73
- European Champion Clubs' Cup: 1962 /63 1968/69
- World Cup: 1969