«Mourinho is only looking for an alibi, but Roma are playing terribly»- Corriere.it

Anthony Cassano restarts the attack of Jos Mourinho, with whom in recent days has argued a lot. The former Bari Vecchia talent dared to say that the Special One plays badly and always looking for alibis and the Portuguese brought up the alleged fight 10 years ago, at the Pinetina, between the playmaker and Livaja. With Cassano, who has denied everything, that he would have taken them. I do not exaggerate: I tell the truth outspoken, different. You may not agree with me, but I always motivate things for you and I don’t let names influence me because I’ve never been a lollipop, explained the former striker in the interview given to Gazzetta dello Sport.

If there are any other words left for Mourinho? I’ve used them all, for Mourinho must understand that as long as his teams play so badly, he will always find at least one person to tell him: me. Did you win a lot? She doesn’t give a damn. It applies to him as well as Allegri. With the strong players they have, they show obscene football. Do you have the cups on the bulletin board? So? If their teams play my way… I say it and I don’t hide.

a river in flood, Cassano. Someone who isn’t afraid to argue: Mou claims he doesn’t have a squad that’s up to it? his favorite excuse to offload the blame. Some newspaper editor and some commentator on TV make him pass this lie. But Roma have the third highest wage bill in Italy after Inter and Juve. The strongest player on the market was Dybala and he took it. And then Matic and Wijnaldum, all requests for him. He says he doesn’t have the rose? With Turin on the bench he had Pellegrini, Matic, Abraham, Belotti, Ibanez, Kumbulla, Celik, Camara. But what are we talking about? He won 1-0 with a penalty shot on target throughout the game. Rome full of national teams. He hides behind alibis and never talks about football, he always deflects the conversation. Between the squad of Lazio and that of Rome there is a sensational abyss: only that Sarri makes the team play in an extraordinary and second way, he instead kicks loose and stays behind.

Cassano for Sarri

Unlike Mourinho, Sarri enthuses Cassano: He offers great football, made up of ideas. Sarri, unlike Mourinho, has valued his team: from Provedel to Romagnoli, from Casale to Zaccagni. Behind has Hysaj and Marusic not Roberto Carlos and Cafu. Immobile was almost never there this year and he doesn’t have a deputy. He also has great players like Milinkovic and Luis Alberto, who managed to insert him into his game, for him he gave continuity to Anderson and still exploits Pedro.

The idea of ​​rekindling the rivalry of the Roman derby, which in the last edition – last month – was anything but a hymn to fair play, is complete and Fantantonio continues to analyze the differences between the two coaches: If Mourinho turns to the bench he is spoiled for choice, Sarri has 13 players in all. And then you know what I can’t stand about Mourinho? Do I have to say what I like? one word, because I like practically nothing. I only acknowledge that he is smart and he knows how to sell himself. He understood that after the farewell of great champions and flags like Totti and De Rossi, a leader was needed in Rome, a capopopolo and he’s doing that, creating controversy, inciting people and his bench, unloading players when it’s convenient for him. He put Karsdorp in the pillory, ignores some players, like Solbakken, then if they get injured he says they miss them. Against Feyenoord he didn’t score and instead of explaining why the team continues to have a very low center of gravity and create little, what does he say? “We don’t have Haaland”putting again more difficult Abraham and Belotti. The Englishman scored 27 goals last year, this year he doesn’t get a playable ball, a cross, nothing, they don’t even let him take penalties anymore. Even Dybala when he takes the ball now tries to invent something on his own and he doesn’t need much.

Of course, the criticisms are also praise of what Cassano once was. If I had paired up with Abraham I would have given him 50 balls per game and if he made all the mistakes, the next one I’d give him 60. His soul is damned, but if you let him touch only three balls, not Mbapp or Benzema who scores three goals. He needs trust and instead Mou slaughters him.

In the interview there is also time to remember Sinisa Mihajlovic, who died on December 16, 2022 due to leukemia: Missing so much. I couldn’t call myself a close friend of him, but I respected him so much. Real man, outspoken, courageous, tough without ever losing his smile. sinisa he had two huge balls. There would be many like himunfortunately there are very few.