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A FORMER Chelsea defender has admitted he still does not know what Sarriball is after playing under the “superstitious” manager.
Maurizio Sarri’s style of play earned the nickname during his single season at Stamford Bridge in 2018/19.
It became synonymous with the Italian’s high-tempo passing approach during his time at Napoli before joining the Blues.
During his only year in England, Sarri finished third in the Premier League, reached the League Cup final and won the Europa League.
However, one of his former Chelsea players has revealed he remains unsure what Sarriball is over five years on.
Gary Cahill made the surprise admission during an appearance on John Obi Mikel’s Obi One podcast.
He told his former team-mate: “It was all just tactical. What is Sarriball? I played it and I still don’t know what it is mate! But he didn’t play me so…”
The ex-England defender made just eight appearances under Sarri during an injury-hit final season with the Blues.
Cahill went on to discuss Sarri’s approach to training, adding: “It was very stand still. He was a very superstitious manager, very different.
“We used to do the centre (kick), set it back to one of the centre-backs, put a foot on it, and you used to just smash it diagonally, like the restart of a game.
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“But you’d work on that every Friday with full international players.
“That only needs one session, doesn’t it? If it’s me and you, and you’ve got to put your foot on the ball, and I’ve got to smash it diagonally, that’s all we need, one session.
“So that was the thing with the superstition, like every Friday or every day before a game, he’d practise it.
“It just blew my mind – I was thinking, it’s alright the first few weeks when it’s fresh, a few months in it’s like, what’s happening here? Do we need to do this again?”
Sarri returned to Italy following his single season with Chelsea, with spells at Juventus and Lazio, who he left in March.
Meanwhile, Cahill later joined Crystal Palace and Bournemouth before retiring in 2022 aged 36.
During seven years in West London, the centre-back made 290 appearances and scored 25 goals.
He also won eight major trophies including the Champions League and two Premier League titles.
A YOUNG boy drowned at a holiday park just minutes after his family went for a dip in the swimming pool, an inquest heard.
Robin Van Caliskan, five, was discovered face down in the water at Atlantic Reach holiday park in Newquay, Cornwall.
His family had arrived at the resort for a family holiday on the day of the horror in July last year.
An inquest heard Robin’s parents Ferzane and Cemal took Robin and their baby son to the complex’s two swimming pools at 4.45pm.
The youngster, who was not a great swimmer, went in the main pool with dad Cemal before they joined the others in a baby pool.
Cornwall Coroner’s Court was told Ferzane then left her two children with their dad to swim in the deeper pool.
She returned around ten to 15 minutes later and realised Robin was not with either of them.
The youngster was found face down in the main pool by other holidaymakers who desperately battled to save him.
His parents only realised the stricken boy was Robin when they recognised his swimming trunks.
Emergency crews were scrambled to the park at around 5.06pm but Robin was declared dead less than an hour later.
Senior coroner for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Andrew Cox a jury will have to determine “precisely who was supervising whom, whether lifeguards were on duty, was signage on display”.
He said they must also decided how long Robin was left unsupervised and answer questions around the lifeguard policy at the park.
The inquest heard the swimming pool complex had glass windows on three sides and there was some floodlighting.
There was a sign reading “no lifeguards on duty” in red letters and a warning that children aged under eight needed to be accompanied by parents or guardians.
A post mortem carried out by paediatric pathologist concluded Robin died from drowning.
The inquest continues.
LEICESTER have questioned the Premier League regarding the decision to award Jean-Philippe Mateta’s first goal during Saturday’s 2-2 draw at Crystal Palace.
The Foxes had led the game 2-0, before being pegged back by the Eagles.
Mateta’s first goal came in the 47th minute, when he prodded home Tyrick Mitchell‘s cross from the left.
His effort was initially disallowed for offside, before being given following a VAR check.
The forward then equalised from the penalty spot in stoppage time.
After the game, Leicester boss Steve Cooper raised questions regarding Palace’s first goal.
He said: “I really want to see the absolute offside image of the first goal.
“If it is, no problem, we’ll hold our hands up, but we can’t be calling offsides on suggestions, which is only what we’ve seen at the moment.
“We need to get that image quickly off the Premier League. If it is, I’ll accept it.”
With Selhurst Park being such a tight ground, there are not the same array of angles that would be available at other Premier League stadiums.
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Two images were released following the decision to award Mateta’s goal.
One showed the moment Mitchell struck his cross, in which it is difficult to see whether Mateta was onside or not.
The second, which clearly showed the forward behind the line that was drawn, does not show Mitchell playing the ball.
According to the Mail, Leicester feel that the image used to deem Mateta onside may not have been taken from the exact moment in which Mitchell played the ball.
Feeling aggrieved, club chiefs have asked for further clarification from Prem bosses.
It is not the first time that Leicester and the Premier League have been at loggerheads this season.
Earlier this month the Foxes won a huge legal battle with the Prem – thus avoiding a points deduction for Profitability and Sustainability breaches.
They were also charged by the FA for failing to control their players last month, following their 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa.
