Motta has created a tactically fascinating team at Bologna – it would not be a surprise to see him move to one of Europe's major clubs soon
This is the first article in a six-part series looking at some of European football’s most innovative up-and-coming managers. Thiago Motta knows a thing or two about success. When your CV includes two titles, one title, five Ligue 1 titles and two winners medals, you tend to command instant respect within a dressing room.
Whether it is Lucumi, Beukema, or 21-year-old starlet Riccardo Calafiori, this approach is foundational to the fluidity of Bologna’s play and relies on a strong technical profile among Motta’s centre-backs. In his UEFA Pro Licence thesis, titled “”, Motta discusses collective “technical trust” as a key part of his philosophy, where each player is given the freedom to make decisions that they believe are most beneficial to the team in a given situation.
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