Gattuso lecture cassano

Gattuso lectures Cassano
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Source: Football Italia


Roma insist Antonio Cassano’s training ground walk-out was planned, while Gennaro Gattuso and Nils Liedholm give their view on the controversial starlet.

“Unfortunately,” noted Italy teammate Gattuso, “Antonio has to learn when to control himself and I ran him up to give him some advice. If he learned to use his brain occasionally, then he wouldn’t make these mistakes.”

Marcello Lippi’s decision to leave him out of the Azzurri squad for this week’s World Cup qualifiers focused even more attention on the wayward Cassano.

Red cards and training ground walk-outs have already characterised his season and yesterday afternoon it was reported he had stormed off the field during a friendly game against local side Tivoli.

However, both Roma’s press officer and Coach Gigi Del Neri later insisted that his substitution was pre-planned for the 57th minute of the match. On-lookers claimed that the replacement was not ready until a few moments after Cassano had left the field.

Former Roma legend Nils Liedholm also commented on the chaos surrounding his old club.

“Cassano is a modern Garrincha,” announced the Swede on his 82nd birthday, “while Francesco Totti is more like me. I tell the Giallorossi fans to relax, as with these two upfront they can win plenty of trophies.”

Whether Cassano will stay in a Roma jersey remains to be seen, as Milan and Juventus have both publicly confirmed their willingness to take on the rebellious youngster.

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http://www.milanmania.com/forums/sho...4&page=1&pp=15

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