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In order to succeed in implementing his utilitarian scheme, Fabio Capello felt he needed to discard the Dutchmen who emblematically embodied the attacking ethos of Arrigo Sacchi, his predecessor. During Capello`s first full season at Milan, the Rossoneri had won the Scudetto without losing as much as a single game, and despite the emphasis on tactical austerity that Capello had forced upon his team, Milan had done so in the familiar fashion of a relentlessly attacking and pressing Team.
In order to succeed in implementing his utilitarian scheme, Fabio Capello felt he needed to discard the Dutchmen who emblematically embodied the attacking ethos of Arrigo Sacchi, his predecessor. During Capello`s first full season at Milan, the Rossoneri had won the Scudetto without losing as much as a single game, and despite the emphasis on tactical austerity that Capello had forced upon his team, Milan had done so in the familiar fashion of a relentlessly attacking and pressing Team.