children named Karel and Andrea; Karel successively went on into following his father's footsteps by becoming a football manager, starting at amateur level with teams such as Bojano and Manfredonia before taking over his first professional role at Lega Pro Seconda Divisione outfit Fano in March 2012. He then served as head coach of Qormi in Malta before becoming boss of Sardinian Serie D amateurs Selargius in the summer of 2014, contemporaneously to his father's appointment at Cagliari. His appeal has stretched outside the football world, with singer/songwriter (and well-known A.S. Roma fan) Antonello Venditti, dedicating a song called La coscienza di Zeman (Zeman's conscience, a play-on-words on the famous Italian novel La coscienza di Zeno) to him. Zeman was also the "guru" who inspired the character Frengo by Italian comedian Antonio Albanese. He was also the subject for a number of biopics, mostly covering his early Foggia years, such as Zemanlandia. Zeman is also known for being a heavy smoker and an iconic man of very few words with a cult following throughout Italy that goes across all football rivalries. In 2022, Zeman published his autobiography, titled La bellezza non ha prezzo (English: Beauty has no price), written together with La Gazzetta dello Sport journalist Andrea Di Caro. Tactics Based on Dutch Totaal Voetbal, Zdeněk Zeman has described the concept of his 4–3–3 system as "geometry", and his teams also known for approaching a football philosophy clearly based on lively, quick, attacking play, the offside, and zonal marking. His teams are well known for their fast, spectacular, aggressive, and offensive style of play, as well as their ability to score many goals, but also for the corresponding tendency to concede them. His tactics were also influenced by his time playing handball in his youth. A respected and experienced manager, his coaching techniques, especially in regards to athletic preparation, fitness, and training (a field for which he has a particular interest), are also proverbial for their effort and diligence. Notable features of his system are the use of a high defensive line, the offside trap, high pressing, and zonal marking, as well as short first touch passes and one-twos played on the ground, although the deep-lying playmaker in his formation must also be competent at providing long passes and switching the play. The wingers in his system are set to move inside the channels, and usually play a free creative