The words of the former striker on Roma-Samp in 2010 which cost the Giallorossi the Scudetto: “Francesco saved me before the match and made a joke… I left the stadium in my underwear”. And the Romanists call him ungrateful
“I made Totti and the Roma fans cry. And I enjoyed it like crazy.” The latest massacre has infuriated the Giallorossi fans who are currently flooding social media and radio with harsh comments towards the former Bari Vecchia talent. Cassano’s sentences, released during the broadcast Long live El Futbolconcern a match that the capital remembers well. It was Roma-Sampdoria which ended 1-2 (with a brace from Pazzini) for the Ligurians on 25 April 2010. That defeat reduced their hopes of winning the fourth Scudetto in the history of the Giallorossi after an incredible comeback against Mourinho’s Inter. Cassano was the star of Samp and had played five seasons with the Giallorossi with ups and downs.
THE REVELATION
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“Before that match my friend Vito Scala tells me that Totti wants to talk to me – says Cassano, specifying that the tone of that conversation was purely joking, at the level of teasing and nothing else –. I go to Pupone who starts telling me that we were having a great season, he asks me about the family and things like that. I tell him: the point is coming, what do you want to tell me? Come on, don’t bother me”. The second part of the narration is in crescendo: “And he says to me: ah… you know… today if we eventually win the match, calmly calculate that then you’ll win the other three. You’ll go to the Champions League anyway”. A joke that Antonio did not take well. “I replied to him – continues Cassano -. I understand… Today I tell you that I will win the last four matches. Today I will make you lose the championship and make you cry, above all I will make the people cry who, when I left here, insulted me like a dog. The match went the way I wanted. It ended 2-1 for us”.
FANS FURY
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At that point Adani and Ventola intervened, underlining how “Francesco was clearly joking”. Cassano confirms it but removes another pebble from his shoe. “Yes, Francesco’s joke was, he made it sound like he was saying: come on, win the last three. I say no, you don’t understand, I need them… I’m going to the Champions League and I’ll win the last four but even if I don’t need it, I’ll still win because today I’ll make you cry and that’s what happened. I left the stadium in my underwear, enjoying myself like crazy.” An exaggerated description, as in the character Cassano. Which has infuriated Roma fans in recent hours. The lesser accusation is that of being “ungrateful” considering what Totti did for Cassano in the Roman years. Obviously the statements also reached the ears of the former captain who certainly didn’t like it, but he made it known that he didn’t want to respond to the provocation. After all, Francesco knows cassanate all too well.
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