Milan — He is a tracksuit-wearing chain-smoker and former bank employee, but Maurizio Sarri will not feel intimidated when he leads Napoli against the mighty Real Madrid of French legend Zinedine Zidane. "He’s a master, an extraordinary coach," Arrigo Sacchi, who orchestrated AC Milan’s unprecedented run of success at home in the 1990s, said of the 58-year-old Italian coach. On the surface, the differences between the coaches as they prepare to meet in Wednesday’s Champions League last-16 clash in Madrid could not be more striking. Zidane is a former World Cup winner who played for some of the world’s top sides including Juventus and Real before taking over the helm of the 11-time European champions. The highest Sarri reached as a player was Serie B, and until 1999, he was still overseeing transactions between major institutions while working for the Italian bank Monte Paschi. When Zidane hit a spectacular left-footed volley to secure Real’s ninth Champions League with victory over ...
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