GIUSEPPE BERGOMI RETIRES FROM MANAGEMENT
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After six years of managing boyhood club Inter Milan along with two years each with the Danish and Italian national teams, football legend Giuseppe Bergomi has officially retired.
Despite only managing for a total of six seasons, Giuseppe Bergomi will surely go down as one of the greatest managers of all time. In just those six years, the legendary Italian took Inter Milan from floundering in mid-table to becoming undoubtedly one of the greatest football teams that the world has ever seen.
Six straight Scudetti alone is impressive beyond belief, but that's only the beginning. Six straight Coppa Italia have been won as well, along with four Supercoppa Italiana, one Europa League, three UEFA Supercups, two Club World Cups, and no less than three consecutive UEFA Champions League crowns in 2016, 2017, and 2018.
On the international stage as well, Bergomi has proven his prowess in his short time in the managerial game. The Inter Milan legend took charge of Denmark after the 2014 World Cup and led them to the semifinals of the 2016 European Championships, slaying footballing giants along the way and eventually taking Die Rod-Hvide to 2nd in the world. After that tournament, Bergomi returned to Italy to take charge of the Azzurri and led them to the 2018 World Cup, having already won it as a player back in 1982.
After this latest success, it seems Bergomi has accomplished all that he wanted and has retired from football altogether, thus resigning from both his posts as manager of Inter and Italy. There has been a massive outpouring of grieving from the fans, but one message rings out louder than the rest; Thank You Beppe, for all that you've done.
Nobody can doubt that the fifty five year old ex-defender is one of the greatest men to have ever graced the sport of football. Having made over 700 appearances for Inter Milan as a player, one of the rare breed of one-club men, and having won trophy upon trophy as both a footballer and football manager, Bergomi will forever be remembered by Nerazzurri fans, by Azzurri fans, and by football fans across the entirety of the globe.
"It has been the greatest honor of my life," said Bergomi at a press conference this morning, flanked by Inter chairman Massimo Moratti and head of the FIGC Giancarlo Abete. Visibly tearing up, the legend continued, "I will never forget these years. I spent so long with both Inter and Italy as a player, and now to live through all the success again as a manager...I am truly blessed. With all the fans, with all the players, both with Inter and Italy we have risen to the top of the world. Even now, as I complete my journey, I feel like a King."
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