Zenga on Agnelli and Cassano
Palermo changes too much, Lazio is right to think of the scudetto".
Walter Zenga, "Agnelli, I did not expect. Well done Garrone on Cassano".
Speaking to Calciomercato.com, Zenga defends Mancini and Maicon, praises Miccoli, speaks of Totti’s expulsioni and the error with Maradona's Argentina in the World Cup in Italy 90.
Let’s start with the controversy about the scudetti of Juve-Inter of Calciopoli.
"The name Agnelli always has a certain effect, as an opponent I've been lucky enough to shake hands with the lawyer. Perhaps the Juventus players did not deserve such a punishment, but I did not expect such a move from Andrea Agnelli. It is a closed chapter which is part of the past, I would have expected a comment like: We will get the two scudetti back on the pitch". Meanwhile, Inter have made a misstep in the Champions League.
"I did not see the game because I was traveling with my team (Al-Nassr, ed.) Watching the highlights Tottenham played better and deserved to win. Bale is very good, but it is not a discovery because we already knew this before. We should not blame Maicon, it involves the whole team that should be solid".
Instead Benitez has criticized the very one on one.
"I am opposed to interviews straight after the match, when first impressions can be very different from reality. In Italy I never liked the tour de force of more than one hour in front of microphones, which are not interviews but real massacres".
Across the Channel, Roberto Mancini is not going through a good time at Manchester City. "Only a few weeks ago, they hailed him for having beaten Ancelotti’s Chelsea, he has only lost one game. Then in England they always magnify everything, I do not know if the alleged locker room issues are true or not. For the players it is easy to be beautiful when you win and the blame the others when you lose. It is true that we coaches abroad should adapt to different cultures, but it’s too much when I hear Tevez complain about two training sessions per day. In my career I have made mistakes and always paid. But let me make a small clarification: the error made in Italy and Argentina in 1990 did not cost us the World Cup, but a semi-final. "
While we're on the subject of mistakes, how do you see the Cassano case? "Knowing the environment of Genoa and Sampdoria, I do not think you can mend things. If it's like they wrote in the papers, the situation is serious. I like Antonio, but in this case, the President Garrone gave a very clear signal to all Italian football: there are rules to follow. I do not know if this could also cost him the place in the National team, you must ask Prandelli. If Casare has drafted a new code of ethics, it must apply to everyone".
