Too much football cannot hurt anyone right? Well, according to Juventus defender Danilo, it can. The Brazilian changed a lot of top European clubs during his career (Porto, Real Madrid, Manchester City, Juventus) and played for some of the best managers like Zinedine Zidane or Massimiliano Allegri, but admitted that it was Pep Guardiola who changed his way of seeing things. If it is a hand related sport or a game – we wouldn’t dare going against BuffonDanilo recently spoke to La Repubblica about his former managers and clubs, and pointed out that the Spaniard is not an easy fellow to work with. “It was with Guardiola that I changed my way of seeing things, I didn’t play much also because of an injury. It’s true that it’s not easy to have a good relationship with him, he is never relaxed, he thinks about football all the time. I think at home, in the evening, he puts his wife on the couch as she were a player on the pitch” said Danilo.19:00 (4.10) TORINO (3.50) JUVENTUS (2.00) The Brazilian tried to learn something from every coach. From Massimiliano Allegri he has yet to learn, since he only recently came back to the club, while with his first Juventus coach, Mauricio Sarri, he realized he had to learn Italian. “From Allegri, I try to learn something that I had not yet been taught, he wants something totally different and I am sure I will become stronger. I thought it would have been easy to learn Italian, but I struggled to understand Sarri at the beginning, so I had to take lessons” said Danilo. Bonucci: ‘Football is coming home’ and Declan’s comments made us really angryWhen Juve defender finally managed to learn Italian properly, he liked the life in Italy and he is currently in his third season in Turin. He even turned the chance to sign for the European giants Bayern Munich who came calling, in their attempt to bolster the back four.“I have the right mentality, and I can stay here for a long time, even if I feel more English. Manchester was perfect for me, but Turin has been a great surprise.I didn’t want to join Bayern and luckily, Juventus wanted the same. This is the right place for me” explains Danilo.
