Fabregas: "Four years ago, our dressing room was a bar, and now we're in the Champions League"

Cesс Fàbregas, head coach of Italian club Como, commented on his team's qualification for the Champions League.

Idman.Biz reports that the victory over Cremonese in the final round of Serie A allowed Como to finish the season in 4th place.

Fàbregas stated that he had set a specific goal for his players in advance:

"Before the game with Parma, I told the kids that we only needed two wins to get into the Champions League. I showed the team a video about a cyclist. He started the race in sixth place, but overtook everyone and won. Our goal was to take an example from him, and we succeeded."

The Spanish specialist called the result a great success:

"This is a great achievement for a very young team. We have a lot of players under 23 years old. The club president gave me full authority. I had to make a lot of decisions, I had to make choices often."

Fàbregas also spoke about the path the club has taken in recent years:

"Four years ago, when I came here as a player, our dressing room was a bar. And now we are in the Champions League. I was talking to two physiotherapists, we remembered how we trained - we didn't even have a sports base, I don't even remember where we worked. The massages were done in the bar, on the field. Everyone left at 12 or 12:30, no one stayed. And now we are fourth in Serie A. I am very happy with what we have achieved."

It should be noted that Como left Serie A in 2003. The club returned to the elite after more than 21 years and finished 10th in its first season.