Zdeněk Zeman: Il Boemo

[@kevinrvh]

Zemans Pescara team that won the Serie B in 2012, was incredible! Scored 30 goals more than nr.2, and had the likes of Immobile, Insigne and Verratti. If only he could have kept that lineup in the Serie A.....

[@TheS1lentX]

@aljanat5 love how you rightly excluded France

[@indrohari1908]

Yup, sometimes i wonder how that epl team that just promoted from championship can spent 100m like fulham or aston villa

[@edwardgbekie7259]

And now those 3 are playing for the national team

[@rowland5951]

@@edwardgbekie7259 now they are European champions

[@bosco7837]

Zeman wasn't nicknamed The Bohemian because of his "outlook", he was just nicknamed that because he's from Czech Republic, Bohemia being a Czech region....

[@amanturovic7287]

They don't have the basic knowledge about Czechia

[@rhodigian]

Zdenek zeman is a true legend.

[@brunosiffredi]

Lecce 2004-05 under Zeman was one of the most memorable teams I have watched.

[@Tmtmtmtm224]

Dont forget zeman's pescara has developed immobile, insigne, verratti... U just mention his second spell in pescara

[@cheesball96]

Shut up with the moaning

[@kfoalbfkdkd5302]

@@cheesball96 damn thats a quote

[@Maverick_1926]

It's what I don't like about this channel. The topics are good but the research it's sometimes lazy and coverage of the subject insufficient

[@dinosgura]

Beppe Signori, Di Matteo, Totti, Nesta, Tommasi and much Many others

[@filc6071]

The Palermo badge came up instead of Parma (in case this hasn’t already been pointed out). Great video nonetheless!

[@Gaga4Parma]

I know. Very annoying.

[@kesakko90]

Video also said he took Foggia from Serie C but they were promoted to Serie B under Giuseppe Caramanno in the season before he was reappointed.

[@jackfarr_23]

"In percentage terms, the people who play at the back make fewer mistakes than those further forward. If not, games would end up 5-4, 6-5 or along those lines. Let's discount teams coached by Zeman, because we're talking about the very limits of reality there." - Andrea Pirlo.

[@fooaloysius7179]

Yeah, high pressing advocates like Klopp, Pochettino would want opposing coaches to believe that. The last thing they want to see is coaches emulating Mourinho's intelligent long ball tactics.

[@verdicapirro6715]

I appreciated a lot! Once time I went t'Italy, may be on 1997 and I joined some friends of mine just to see Roma Verona. The final result was 4 3 and Vincent Candela scored two times in his first cap. I enjoyed a lot Roma's fluidity on the pitch; it seems the wings were unstoppable and Francesco Totti strongly ispirated. From that match on, I supported Roma and Zdenek Zeman even if I never went back t'Italy. Thanks, Mr Zeman, for that unforgettable match. Even my girlfriend accepted to marry me that night. 😄

[@asdfqwerty8213]

My favourite coach of all time❤❤

[@fooaloysius7179]

Nowhere as good as Otto Rehhagel

[@777jimothy]

So glad you did this video , he's one of my favourite coaches , you always know his team's will entertain. Interesting that with his short stay at clubs etc he seems a little like Bielsa

[@hamouraimad7564]

He was the one who brought the light on great Italian talents during his spell at Pescara as Insigne, Immobile and Verratti were part of the team

[@mariomuslia9965]

Totti Nesta signori di Biagio etc etc

[@Fristhaalk]

and Grande Paolo (Nedved) started his italian career thanks to Zeman

[@olinassau9384]

As a video idea, what do you think of a reverse sensible transfers, where you choose a player and then discuss some clubs that could sign them. You could do well known players like 'Where should Pogba go', completely unrealistic things like 'Which club would best suit Messi if he left Barca', or things like you pick some random Argentinian and then say which of Europe's best clubs should take them!

[@paramjohal7946]

then it becomes like any other dumb youtube channel for clicks

[@stephenkoshy3127]

I like the idea similar to the one they did, 'if messi played for man city'.

[@patsyparisi2620]

Fantastic video. I think it would have been worth mentioning that he won Serie B with Pescara before returning to Roma. In that Pescara side he had a young ciro immobile and Marco Verrati. Both the earned big money moves. This guy also developed Totti into the player he became. Legendary coach. Winning titles isn't everything. Thanks for sharing.

[@ifeanyiobiora-okafo7017]

I wake up, I see Tifo This is gonna be a great day

[@kostralebecna2679]

Wow, didn't expect my countryman to feature on any of your videos!

[@middleman8304]

👍

[@bodang03]

I loved when he coach as roma in the 90’s with paulo sergio, delvecchio n totti, with cafu as full back, that was entertaining...

[@fooaloysius7179]

3-5-2 under Capello was more entertaining for me.

[@alexlee8376]

I still recall the Lazio era in mid-90s where they play 4-3-3 with Signori, Casiraghi and Boksic as the three strikers, even though they didn't win anything, that squad was by far the most entertaining in Serie A and Signori was a mega superstar back in those days

[@themouflon2936]

Yeah Zeman helped cultivate Signori at Foggia, I loved watching him as well.

[@andrew7taylor]

Great choice of topic! He is the type of guy who makes you root for Lecce, Pescara, etc. He puts the beautiful into the Beautiful Game!

[@explosivereactionstv7414]

This is the content i subscribed for

[@Maverick_1926]

This video was very superficial. Tbh

[@m.s.m.1928]

Great video, but how can you not talk about his great run with Pescara in Serie B, where he gave the spotlight to three of best italian youngsters of this generation in Insigne, Verratti and Immobile?

[@Maverick_1926]

Probably someone edited that out of the Wikipedia page the day tifo was researching

[@theodoranfilov5101]

Finally. I have been waiting for this for soooo long. Thank you

[@ovy88ro]

Very nice presentation of Zeman. Maybe you can do a video about Ralf Rangnick and how he developed his high pressing philosophy. Keep up the good work !

[@fooaloysius7179]

You can learn a lot more about football from studying another German coach: Otto Rehhagel

[@nathanhosea489]

@@fooaloysius7179 You like counter-attacking football, don't you? Let's talk, I want to know why

[@fooaloysius7179]

@@nathanhosea489 For the simple reason that I like winning football.

[@petercasnocha5340]

Thank you tifo for giving me an inspiration for next fm save 😃😃

[@patwilliam543]

He is wreckless and nieve in the way that he plays, but in a way I admire that.

[@ericfurst6091]

A brief history of (or tactics) ernst happel or brian clough 👌🏾

[@psykkomancz]

He didn't left our country in 1968 due to vague "threat of cold war", but USSR invaded Czechoslovakia that year because we were in path of reforms towards democracy.

[@octavdumitru]

Amazing video! I just love the presentation and storytelling. It keeps me hooked even though I had no idea on the subject beforehand. As a video sugestion, could you do one on the scandal between the Romanian Army and George Becali, the current owner of Steaua București (FCSB)? Keep up the good work!

[@ognjenrankovic9672]

Zeman coached Red Star Belgrade in 2008.

[@fedb9131]

GRAZIE ZEMAN!! 🙌🙌

[@ebukahjoseph8016]

Wow. Bless him

[@chrisadlc1]

Duncan Edwards, Busby Babes.. You know you guys have to do it eventually, it will be one of your best ever videos

[@matanmergi2781]

The Morgan Friedman voice of football KZbin

[@mustermannfm]

and the Milton Freeman of economics

[@jmt3116]

Ooof

[@ijp789]

2:25 the badge shown is the one of palermo, not the one of parma

[@dereiervonsatan]

Make one about the 1984-85 Italian league season, the referees pick-up system was changed (due to extreme corruption) and it completely transformed the teams development.

[@Aqwafresh4855]

He is like the Mike D'Antoni of football.

[@yaboyskills2869]

Facts

[@JDefoe1882]

He is basically like Mike D'Antoni (NBA coach). His offence is revolutionary but his teams are usually weak defensively. It would be a good idea to implement "defensive coaches" that could help managers who like to play offensive football. It is common in basketball... It feels like managers in football have huge egos though and they don't want anyone to help them.

[@lewisblackwiththenicehair]

Nice insight, could read more like that

[@Fristhaalk]

Legend. He made stars out of unknown players and he also brought Pavel Nedved to Italy - Lazio

[@naeromnallih]

My favourite coach

[@mohkamaltaha]

Ah, the great videos of Tifo are back.

[@thztan7492]

He's good in attacking indeed

[@BT.channel]

Amazing

[@indrohari1908]

At 2:25 it said zeman join parma but the video use palermo club logo

[@PrinceOfCats5]

Another great video :) would love to see one on Otto rehhagel

[@vitodoriacalcio]

That would be worth seeing. Suffered the worst defeat in the Bundesliga at BVB but created an excellent Werder side and masterminded the Greek miracle in 2004.

[@AlmaTorran97]

@@vitodoriacalcio you forgot Kaiserslautern

[@vitodoriacalcio]

@@AlmaTorran97 Good call

[@pavelr4752]

Great video guys! :) You should do a Brief History of Lev Yashin

[@anonymouscz415]

As i am Czech, i'm happy Zeman appeared here

[@carlbyronrodgers]

Very enjoyable.

[@Darwinek]

Just a small correction, Zeman didn't flee Czechoslovakia in 1968 because of the "threat of Cold War". Cold War was raging since the end of World War II. He fled like many other Czechs because of the Soviet military invasion in 1968.

[@zigonogueira]

that is in fact incorrect as well. He was already vacationing in Palermo (as a guest to his uncle Vycpalek) by the time the Soviets tanks broke into Prague, and he decided to stay in Sicily instead.

[@iamheretopleaseyou]

​@@zigonogueira lol mate that means he fled the tanks or to be totally precise he chose not to return to his (by those tanks) occupied homeland. in 68 we had Prague Spring in Czech Republic and a lot of ppl though the communism is going to take a more human form but instead Soviets sent the army.

[@jaywalker6464]

Sabatini : Sir, i little worry about the defence. ZZ : Don't worry, sir, we will focus on attack. 😂😂

[@JB-tj5kf]

Would love a video on the situation at Bury currently

[@Gaga4Parma]

I'm glad you finally learned to pronounce his name

[@fahadrehman9647]

I see tifo I click. It's simple.

[@MrDemoniumblack]

How about a video of Riquelme's career, a player considered as "the last 10" by many; or Di Stefano, the biggest player Madrid had.

[@fooaloysius7179]

Chances are that Tifo would probably do a video about how Riquelme was heavily influenced by the ideas of Marcelo Bielsa.

[@NeonLeonNoel]

I first heard this name when around Roma's drama with De Rossi and the leaks about how the players wanted EDF out as manager, there was a reference to Zeman-like training practices, which was viewed negatively because the squad had so many injuries, but also it's kind of funny to me to hear that an older player is complaining that there's too much running involved :P. Poor EDF, I generally liked his ideas, but he has much to learn about the intricacies of the job.

[@NIDOKING]

The reason why I like Lecce in Italy.

[@bilyscr1]

Do Ernst Happel please

[@joshuageraldbutler8037]

It's my birthday today, this was a great present.

[@gagikshmavonyan6004]

My congratilations for your 🎂

[@gagikshmavonyan6004]

My congratilation for you

[@dariogolesano6288]

SPETTACOLOOOOOO

[@UmarKhan-po6tn]

Could u do an Atalanta tactics video

[@viofijipescu]

Hi Tifo Football! Could make a video analysing the transfers made by the premier league teams?

[@yousseflouis3537]

Can you please make a video to see if Atlético Madrid transfers were sensible?

[@vitodoriacalcio]

I agree with the last comment in the video. A loser like him has given more to Italian football than a winner like Massimiliano Allegri has. Allegri was gifted top squads and could only win domestic titles playing in the old-fashioned Italian way. Zeman's cavalier style helped teams exceed expectations and he developed so many players like Salvatore Schillaci, Giuseppe Signori, Alessandro Nesta, Francesco Totti and Marco Verratti. IMO Zeman is the greatest coach to have never won a major trophy. As for this video, six minutes doesn't do justice and there some vital facts missing. You mention his 2016/17 stint with Pescara in Serie A but you don't mention his 2011/12 Serie B side. Some of the pronunciations were poor too.

[@pablochiesa1420]

Agree in general terms but you probably forget that Allegri led Sassuolo to Serie A promotion, did well in Cagliari and was the last manager to led Milan to win the title, a Milan that was long gone the super-power it once was. I am not a fan of Allegri, but in the last five years his European record is better than Guardiola.

[@vitodoriacalcio]

@@pablochiesa1420 I haven't forgotten. I know better than anyone else. Allegri made that jump and at Cagliari, they played beautiful football, developed players, and the club punched above its weight. He was a disciple of Giovanni Galeone like Gian Piero Gasperini. While Gasperini has stuck to his principles, Allegri went the easy way out and became more conservative. If he balanced classical Italian pragmatism with the teachings of Galeone, I reckon he would have won a CL by now but his mentality is too cowardly. I still stand by my initial point. Zeman is a revolutionary. Allegri's tactics since leaving Cagliari is straight out of the Italian coaching manual. He is not Nereo Rocco or even Giovanni Trapattoni.

[@fooaloysius7179]

Zeman is good, but he's no Trapattoni.

[@vitodoriacalcio]

@@fooaloysius7179 I didn't say that. You misunderstood my comment.

[@fooaloysius7179]

@@vitodoriacalcio You didn't say that. I did. Trap's pragmatism simply makes him the superior tactician to Zeman. After all, football is all about winning.

[@allah5404]

Zeman took football manager too seriously, but it worked! :)

[@joshuageraldbutler8037]

Could Zeman take a Bielsa style move to a championship side?

[@eli88958]

He'd likely need either a couple seasons or very specific players. The problem is that football is a very sack happy sport, so he might not get enough time. Besides, he's mostly retired.

[@EnormeEkoH]

what happend to zeman at napoli in the 2000? why he only played 8 games?

[@alexalexab]

Tactical profile on him would be intresting

[@londonlodge]

Just FYI , pescara got promoted to serie A thanks to Zeman, he then left to join Roma for the second time, therefore pescara hires Stroppa and got relegated from serie A the season after its promotion

[@edwardlayer4259]

He was probably nicknamed the bohemian because he was from Bohemia.

[@oscardarrell]

Lazio 94/95 was cool

[@Fristhaalk]

He brought Pavel Nedved to Lazio.

[@markwilliams7054]

moved across the capital to join a team that plays in the same stadium as Lazio

[@RichardFlores2K]

Please Tifo Football Can you explain me in a video the difference between TOTAL FOOTBALL and TIKI TAKA? Força Barça 🔵🔴⚽️🏀

[@mirceacamara]

He was well spoken in Romanian

[@Husamtaxi]

do a vid on Lobanovskyi

[@Theo-fp2oe]

I remember his return to roma back in 12/13. He had tachtsidis play as a deep lying playmaker mostly because of his vision and passing. Zeman didn't care about his tedious nature and defensive limitations. After zeman left, tachtsidis followed him out the door. Just like zeman, tachtsidis has been a journey man himself because winning is seen as being more important than entertaining.

[@souleymanediawara7714]

yeah he’s one of the manager who don’t know how to defend,his side cam score goals,but defending,ain’t no one got time for that

[@MrMarkopetrov]

You cant defend with 3 players. XD

[@angelodipaola8509]

it is not true that Zeman does not know how to defend. it simply defends in different ways. concepts that are now becoming popular such as: pre-marking and advance-marking were applied in his game model 30 years in advance.

[@ayelkikama4548]

Where are all the tactics videos

[@hateprotoss]

As a Roma supporter, I have mixed feelings about his last presence Roma. Game was very unstable sometimes the team played fantastic but sometimes just don’t do anything

[@pavolkrajcovic745]

I read his interview … he said that group of players around De Rossi pressured club hierarchy to get him out…

[@wawa326bc]

lets not forget he launched a teenager Materazzi :D

[@tomasmatous8342]

He left Czechoslovakia because USSR literally invaded us...

[@dinosgura]

Great man and great coach!

[@fraserstuart6990]

So pretty much what emery does at Arsenal ?

[@kesakko90]

Several details are wrong (Foggia promotions, Parma badge is wrong), the 2011-12 season at Pescara is totally missed out, nothing at all about Totti, and the video is just like a Wikipedia page read out with some nice graphics. Not amazing...

[@dalmar5567]

Nesta was a midfielder it’s was Zeman who made him a defender

[@augustotrenta2650]

I love your stories. I just don't like you use contemporary team and tournament logos instead of using logos at the time the story is based.

[@goldengoal1236]

trueeeeeeeeee

[@espben360]

the Sarri before sarri!!!

[@mishaelarviano1582]

he kicked off with 9 men on the front line

[@tealsquare]

Who else is here after Mourinho's Serie B jibe? 😂😂😂

[@pepepera9051]

You should do a video on Quaresma

[@ins0mniac756]

Hope he could come back coaching in Serie A so that we can get the 6 easiest points of the season as always

[@matteomigliore1477]

Your videos are great but you should really fix your italian pronunciation

[@tedt7991]

Il anti-cattenacio , we need a new Zeman.

[@ceannasai5731]

But why not.... :)

[@fooaloysius7179]

Better to win with boring football like Greece and Atletico Madrid than to suffer humiliating 8-2 defeats on an empty attacking football philosophy.

[@thomasalmond3311]

🇨🇿🇨🇿🇨🇿🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹!!!.

[@john-romapress]

Romanisti incoming

[@Gaga4Parma]

Zeman is a philosopher...not a football coach...

[@zahrulharon4510]

Use me as malaysian subscriber button 😂

[@davide.valentini]

A non winning manager who, in my opinion, was just lucky in many situations. Bad coach

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Some what of a similar career Mourinho has right. Except without the doping. A bit of a modern day trouble maker who whines about everything.

[@DelijeSerbia]

Man he was shit at Red Star...

[@ClaudioAlberti]

L'allenatore più sopravvalutato della storia. Un integralista perdente che ha costruito una carriera su un concetto: "quando va bene è merito mio, quando va male è colpa degli altri (giocatori, arbitri, vento, nebbia, e ogni altro alibi possibile)". La cosa incredibile è che ci sia gente che ancora gli va dietro. Nell'ultimo anno a Roma lo chiamavano il Boscemo, altro che Boemo

[@RuiLuz]

And he is back to Foggia, boys.