Prologue – This article may sound a bit like a love note, but bare with me.
A man who consistenty remains faithful to the 4-3-3 formation or “geometry”
Zdeněk Zeman achieved cult status in Italy, even being serenaded by La coscienza di Zema (Zeman’s Conscious) The Prague born coach was inspired to obtain a patentino  by his uncle, Čestmír Vycpálek, who brought him in to help with a number of local amateur clubs. Zeman was made famous by his Foggia (fojjea) side of 1989, at the time lurking in Seria C he was appointed by then owner and chairman Pasquale Casillo. Zeman’s style of football was quickly installed which led to the phrase Zemanlandia, which is used solely to indicate the approach. High pressing and intensity, offside and frenetic movements’ of the players and the ball creates exciting and spectacular football which is considered trademark. The style of football combined with a Youthful Bepe Signori and co created rapid progression from the midst of Serie C to Serie A and the brink of UEFA Cup qualification. Over his 30 year career Zeman has managed nearly 20 clubs creating the careers of a number of legends, Nesta, Signori, Petrescu and Shalimov, the playing style creating many goal scoring opportunities, a recent example is his Pescara team who recorded 90 goals in 42 games along achieving automatic promotion to the top flight of Italian football. Unusually his name has also reached beyond the world of football, as mentioned beforehand singer songwriter and well known Roma fan Antonello Venditti wrote La coscienza di Zema (Zeman’s Conscious) over the years he has also been the subject of many biopics, the main subject being the mentioned Foggia. To mark his return to Roma after a 13 year absence made an unusual appearance on the Wall Street Journal “Soccers Jedi”

Zeman is a unique entity in my opinion. Someone who does what he does because of the football, the glorious sound of a packed stadium falling in love with the style of football instilled into your local team, a style which most supposed experts consider outdated.