'Too many blacks' in under-20 ranks, says Sacchi

Former AC Milan and Italy coach Arrigo Sacchi has hit out at Italy's youth set-up by claiming it features "too many blacks" and "too many foreigners".

Sacchi, a renowned soccer coach and innovator who notably helped Milan to back-to-back European Cups in 1989 and 1990, was speaking at an awards ceremony in Montecatini Terme on Monday evening.

According to a website report on La Gazzetta dello Sport, the 68-year-old Sacchi used the occasion to hit out at the number of non-native Italians involved in the lower ranks of Italian soccer.