Antognoni: 'Chiesa is not a diver, thanks to his father I hope he remains at Fiorentina for a long time'

12 mar 2019

Giancarlo Antognoni has spoken about the future of Federico Chiesa. The Fiorentina club manager stated at an event organized by the 'Brunelleschi Rotary Club' in Florence: "We hope that Federico Chiesa can stay here with us for as long as possible, his father manages him wisely and may want it keep in Florence. Federico is a good boy, advised by his parents, he does not have an attorney and this is already important because he has a supporting family behind him.”

On recent diving claims - "It bothers him to be accused of this, he is a guy who goes strong and so sometimes it may seem as if he falls voluntarily. But when you are going at a fairly high speed, a slight touch can cause you to go down. Gasperini was wrong about him, a manager or a coach absolutely cannot afford to judge the work of a professional like Federico Chiesa.”