Nereo Rocco y el Catenaccio

Nereo Rocco was born in the city of Trieste, 20 May 1912. Nereo is known as the person who introduced the catenaccio Italy a system that has given a lot to football in this country.
He began his career as a footballer in his city coming to debut in Serie A with union deportiva triestina, I dispute 235 games and made 62 goals, then it would go south to continue his career with Napoli, step padova series B and culminated his career as a player and coach in Serie triestina this see C
Rocco went to football history as the introducer in Italy of "catenaccio" the purely defensive tactics module devised in Switzerland in the thirties. The experienced coach triestino this strategy during his playing career, when he played the role of libero in the Libertas team in the years of the post-war. In a friendly against Triestina, Rocco goes well after suffering a resounding defeat, which prenotaron for the following years. La Triestina, finished last in the 1946-1947 season and rescued by the difficult situation in which the city was in the post-war period, thanks to new technical young and new tactics he preached, he came to qualify second behind Torino FC. With this result he began the story of Nereo Rocco, coach.
After two good eighth positions in the following years (1948-1949 and 1949-1950 Serie A), Rocco away from the Triestina for reasons that were never clear, to go to Treviso, series B. After three seasons with them Rocco is called again to lead the Triestina in Serie a, but now he was fired after a 0-6 at home against Milan.
Rocco did not remain idle after this, he was called to salvage a Padova ill-fated, relegated to the bottom of the standings. After an unexpected permanence, Nereo Rocco prepared to Padova for the big jump in series A, which would come in the following season (Serie A 1954-1955). Rocco was reinforced with players like Ivano Blason, who was with him in the Triestina who finished second a few years ago, Silvano Giovanni Moro and Azzini, and in 1957/58, the Padova was third, and in the following years, continued to always located in the middle zone - high championship.
Having directed the Olympic nazionale, Rocco was hired by the Milan, where he won the Scudetto in his first year. Great protagonist of that victory was Gianni Rivera youth. In the following season, from 1962-1963, Rocco adds to showcase the first Cup UEFA Champions AC Milan and Italian football, Benfica at Wembley derrontando Eusebio. After this triumph, Rocco goes to Torino, directing for 3 seasons, earning a third place in the of (1964/65). When you start the 1967/68 season, Rocco was drafted again by Milan with which won the Scudetto again and in the same year, the Recopa. The following season, it was the turn of the ultimate achievement, after a memorable challenge in Argentina against Estudiantes, conquered the Intercontinental Cup Milan escaped in 1963.
In those years, Rocco finally established talent Gianni Rivera; also he appreciated the Paron people like goalkeeper Fabio Cudicini and Swedish veteran Kurt Hamrin.
After i diavoli train for another three years, winning another Cup Winners' Cup in 1972/73 and the Italian Cup in 1972 and 1973, the triestino coach left Milan in February 1974 by disagreements with the leadership. He went to Fiorentina I expected, combining the experience of coach with the talent and energy of some young people as Antognoni, Case, Della Martira, Desolati, Guerini, to achieve the scudetto. The results were not the best, with an eighth place in the championship, and Rocco left the bank violated in May 1975 before the finals of the Coppa Italia won the Fiore.
He returns immediately to Padova as technical director and two years at Milan, and return to the bank in 1977 after the dismissal of Giuseppe Marchioro. Win the cup Italy 1976-77.
Rocco died on February 20, 1979 in the Ospedale Maggiore of Trieste because of a serious illness.
Rocco held the record of presences coaching series A, beaten only until 2006 by Carlo Mazzone.