“I told the coach that the national team was poor and would be a tough nut to crack, but I will always be by his side because he is a genius,” explained the former playmaker, who in his career with the blue jersey took part in the competitions of 2004, 2008 and 2012 (plus the World Cup in Brazil in 2014, the last for the Azzurri): “Let’s do it, this is the reality of the facts. We have done disgust. Without personality, without quality, without an idea, without pa…e, without anything. In Italy we think about speculating, about not wanting to play and yet on the bench we had a genius. Obviously the coach couldn’t do more than this because then in reality those half players who say they are good, that they should come out and, instead… Let’s do s…e».
Then he added bluntly and in his own way: «The most disgusting thing is the insults of some newspapers. The most disgusting and scandalous thing is that some newspapers allow themselves to offend or personally offend both the coach and the boys with big headlines. They should be ashamed”. Playing like this, for Cassano, the national team has no future: “If he has to offer this, then I’m telling you, the World Cup is in danger again.”
So, instead, Lele Adani, who with Rai is commenting on these European Championships in Germany: «Antonio’s analysis is flawless. From his point of view it is ruthless and cruel, but coherent. I, however, think this. We have been ugly, very ugly, but we cannot be only these».
On the issue, but with very different tones, Nicola Ventola also had his say: «In my opinion Spalletti didn’t think he really had little material. So, I feel sorry for him».
