Turin, September 29 (LaPresse) – "My heir? From the demands I see and what's happened at the teams he's been to, I find Gasperini very similar to me. He manages to get from the players what he thinks is important for the team. At Atalanta he was in a protected environment, but knowing Roma's difficulties, I saw that he's immediately entered the team and the results are already showing." So said Fabio Capello, guest on 'Supernova', Alessandro Cattelan's podcast. "The no to the national team? It didn't feel right at the time, so I said no. I was already coaching clubs. I've never been sorry about it. I feel the national team more than ever, at home I stand up and sing the anthem when there's a match," he said. "One of the best moments of my career was when I scored against the English at Wembley, we won, and I dedicated the goal to the 20,000 waiters. When we were eliminated in Germany, it was the worst thing. They shouted everything at us. When I see the national team players play without blood, without desire, it hurts me." During his time in Rome, Capello coached Daniele De Rossi, who now has the second-highest number of official appearances for the team after Francesco Totti. "In De Rossi's story, I made the wrong first approach," admitted Pieris's coach. "He was training with Aquilani in the Primavera, and I thought Aquilani had more quality. We played a Coppa Italia match, and I gave Aquilani his debut at the Olimpico. He was shy. So at half-time I told him, 'Come on, you're good, if you make a mistake, it doesn't matter.' We returned to the pitch, and after 10 minutes it was the same. Daniele came on and was decisive, like in training. I sent Aquilani to gain experience at Triestina, and then he had a great career. De Rossi, on the other hand, immediately joined the Roma squad. I teased him to help him grow."