Fabio Capello spoke to AS on the impact of coronavirus in Italy and on football. "I am in Lugano, which is Switzerland, but basically Italy. Even here the people aren't leaving their homes. I am well, I'm with my wife without watching football. The days are very, very long. But I must be grateful for the fact that it hasn't hit anyone in my family. It will be a complicated situation for the entire world."
"Postponing Euro 2020 is a good idea. You don't know when this will finish, we need to suspend everything until next year. You cannot even say if the leagues will continue play, we'll see. What is certain is that you cannot play football with all that is happening. It won't be easy. I began to play football at the end of the 50s, after the second world war, and I've never seen anything like this."
"It's impossible to manage a break like this. You must hope that your players are professionals, who are taking care of themselves and not getting fat. But if they continue to eat when they're training, better to forget it. Luckily in today's game, there isn't a star without a personal trainer."
On Real Madrid and Zidane's return: "They need a leader. The team must have a reference point, someone to follow that transmits the desire to win. As a TV commentator I always say it: 'if you want to beat Real Madrid, you must score at least two goals.' And I know that Cristiano would score at least one. The same for Messi at Barcelona. Zidane? You must always run the risks, it's there that you see the true men. I wish him the best of luck. If the team needs reconstruction? It's necessary to do it, but with care. The Real Madrid or Barca shirt is a heavy one to wear. And if you don't have a lot of quality, you cannot do it. The same thing happened when I was at Milan. There were players who thought they were great and then...lost themselves."
