Rio Ferdinand’s final guest is Giorgio Chiellini, who recalls Italy’s memorable EURO 2020 success and their final victory against England at Wembley. #eurolegends @bookingcom -- Watch More: www.uefa.tv Learn More: www.uefa.com
@@aldozilli1293Chiellini was just rough, Materazzi was way worse. Chiellini never did the same kind of dirty fouls that Materazzi used to do every match. Plus Chiellini was miles ahead in terms of actual defensive skills, Materazzi was just a tall, aggressive butcher
@@aldozilli1293No he is not. Chiellini was rough, but a nice person and a respectful player. It doesn't trash talk, he was one of the nicest guy in football. And he is a Legend. Then what you mean for "scummy italian type of Defender". Are Maldini, Baresi, Nesta, Cannavaro...scammy underhand italians defenders? You are delusional
And Ferdinand gives a pretty good indication of how dumb the English footballer is. He was a very good player but just not one that seems to think much.
As a Juve fan, i never seen Chiellini speak english to this extent, his english is excellent, what an ambassador for the CB position, rugged, strong, resilient, fast, dark arts master, and most of all, consistently good. Grande Chiello…
What's impressive is that he sounds like someone who has lived in an English country for many years, or at least has spoken the language with some degree of regularity for many years. I know he was at LAFC but that was what, like a year at most.
As an Aussie Italian, I really enjoyed this interview, thank you. Several years ago when Juventus had an off season tournament here, a friend took a photo with Giorgio pretending to take a bite out of his ear, mimicking Suarez in the 2014 WC game against Uruguay 😊 He took it all in good humour… what a great guy, not only one of our best players.
Chiellini and Barzagli carried Bonucci throughout his career defensively. But Bonucci’s ball playing style made them the perfect back 3, with Buffon behind them.
Bonucci actually was better than chiellini in the first 3 juventus season. Chiellini got better after conte arrived but between 2008 and 2011 chiellini was very mistake prone. And I'd argue that in our unbeaten season bonucci was our best defender. Chiello became better and better with age
Barzagli is the most underrated italian defender of all time. No tricks, scored almost no goals in his carreer, very few assists...but it was like having a brick wall on the right side of the defense. Definitely my favorite player
@@LucaGRizzi He was incredible. Barely ever made a mistake and never out of position. I think he was the best defender in the world for a few years but gets barely any recognition. Strange.
Chiellini: "considering to have the ball in front and after that smash him." Rio: *Laughs in old school defender* God I miss Chiellini and old school italian defenders so much. You wanna go through here? Ball or leg, choose, ain't no way both of those things are going through.
Rio said kind words coming from him and Chiellini is so polite... Rio: you are the best CB we have had on the show; you are the best CB on the show Chiello: After you, by far
Rio was very, very good over a long period. Him and Nesta were like a new breed of CBs at the time they emerged, Nesta slightly better but not by a big gap. And I say that as someone who thinks Ferdinand is quite a bellend (as a person, not a footballer).
Chiellini is up there with the Italian greats as a defender. They produce these standouts every generation so are clearly getting the coaching right as a nation
They already got like 5 more U 25 greats . Is a factory of defenders. If Italy produced a decent striker like del piero or totti rn they would be a contender every tournament
@@acruzro95 Immobile should have been that guy His accomplishments in the Serie A and especially at Lazio are immense I think he is one of 8 players to have scored more than 200 goals
His English is very good ...smart guy never played in England and learned language better than majority foreign players playing here (sorry Harry Kane your vocabulary is still richer)
Chiellini holds Masters Degree as well, it is rare among footballers and he attained Masters degree while he was still captain of Italia & Juventus, he passed on his knowledge to Alvaro Morata and then Morata also gave pain to England in similar way.
giorgio was one of the first defenders ive ever seen take over a game and will their team to win back when juve were on their way to the finals. all heart!
The last of a dying breed. No nonsense CBs who put their foot through the ball to get it clear. Forever a legend. And lest we forget the way he perfectly destroyed Tottenham after Juve knocked them out.
@@donbrogan3158 You must not know the rules of football. Foul was around center field, he was not the last defender and Saka didnt have a straight line to the goal, he pulled him down, didnt kick him or injure him . Yellow card all day, any day .
You do not understand a lot about football i guess😂😂😂 this is a tactical fault.. is not the last men and yellow card is correct😂😂😂 follow rugby mate😂😂😂 football is not for you😂😂😂😂
Chiellini is not joking about that Spain game in the previous Euro. Spain were absolute monsters even with a new generation, Dani Olmo kept taking them on 1v1 all over the pitch and every Italian player had to bring him down once or twice.
@Allwin-lz6yj Spain has been dominating even before winning the euros. They lost to Italy in PK that could go either way. Then they lost to Switzerland also in PKs. And in the world cup lost to Russia in PKs in a game they dominated. Spain has just been unlucky but theve been the best team in every tournament except for world cup 2014 where Germany dominated. And perhaps Euro 2020 where Italy stepped up😊
@@acruzro95 4 years before in 2016 Spain was mauled by Italy in Euro cup anyway. Spain was not better than Italy in 2021 either, i mean team wise. It's just Italy that always suffers the tiki taka historically talking. Ironically Italy is much more able to beat Germany than oppose stressfull tiki taka. This Euro cup there was no match obviously, Spain was far better than Italy. Still we have 4 WC stars and 2 euro cups.
Still incredible that Chellini played in final after having hamstring during tournament. Great interview. He new he wasn't the quickest but read the game so well.
Now compare this guy to what England has now, and in recent years. Having players with this mentality and intelligence is what gets you over the line beyond just having footballing ability.
Great interview Rio! Really insightful to learn more about Chellini and his Euro campaign/career Chellini has been the best defender of his generation and last era. Only Pepe is comparable to him.
As an Italian who lived in England for 18 years I was happy italy won but not really happy.a part of me is English now.and I am sorry you haven't won this time.❤
I didn't know Chiellini spoke great English until a month ago. Haha for some reason, he seemed too Italian to think he would want to learn English. Sorry for judging you, legend! 💙💙💙💙 I loved how he emphasized the mental and psychological aspect of the game. He would make a good man manager for sure! Giorgio gave you a tip, England, don't celebrate before it happens. Next time, you'll win it 🫶
They were close to play together at Manchester United around the 2010 cuz Ferguson tried to bring him in to Man Utd, but he didn't want to leave Juventus and Juventus didn't want to sell him
@@oldskoolmusicnostalgiabro chiellini in his juventus prime had cotton on his nose and gauze everywhere because dude was always breaking his head and his nose. Dude looked like a mummy after every match. A warrior
Surprised he would give his opinion on the late substitutions made in the 2021 Final by Southgate. Rio really wanted his opinion on it. I forgot that Antonio Conte made the same mistake in the PK's against Germany in 2016 with Simone Zaza.
Really engaging and calm speaker on the game. I agree that 🏴 fans and press give motivation to the opposition with their hype. Maybe one day the team will be so good that it doesn’t matter.
I remember when playing the game Real Football Manager 2009, I created a team and bought 2 tough defenders Chiellini and Ferdinand, Chiellini at that time was a talented young defender and Ferdinand was an experienced tough defender, put these two guy in defense and the opposing team will not easily score a goals 😂
When you hear former Italian, German, and Spanish players talk about football and compare with that of ex English players there’s a clear chasm in tactical and technical understanding of football. No wonder England has a coaching deficiency.
Chiellini went for Palmer straight away💀Grazie Giorgio per avreci parlato del calcio di cui nessuno parla, quello tra le linee, quello vero... English level: King
Giorgio… different breed of defender! They don’t sadly make them like this anymore.. not just physical ability but knowledge and reading of the game is sublime. Rispetto 🫡
Grande Giorgio fantastic defender & captain for Italy 🇮🇹, his dream was my dream also to win a big trophy with Italy 🇮🇹 ,so grazie Giorgio, wish you all the best 💪👏👏👏👌👍
CHIELLINI IS A LEGEND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH HIM AND BONUCCI AT JUVENTUS AND WITH ITALY 🇮🇹 WAS fantastic they played IN 2 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINALS WITH JUVENTUS IN 2015 AND IN 2017 AND THEY PLAYED IN THE EURO 2012 FINAL AND THEY PLAYED IN THE EURO 2020 FINAL THEY PLAYED IN 4 FINALS WON 1 LOST 3 CHIELLINI AND BONUCCI ARE THE 2 B3ST DEFENDERS IN THE WORLD
Georgio said it very well about VAR. Its best for the game and needed to take out most of mistakes. In the same time is run by humans who make mistakes. And in England they don't know very well how to use it
