The seasoned coach exonerates Rocchi, flunks Chivu and attacks haters

Gigi Cagni has his say on his own blog about what happened Saturday night at Inter-Juventus. The seasoned coach from Brescia is not soft on referee designator Gianluca Rocchi. “We have seen more of everything,” he stresses. “I start from the fact that when things were not going well in the team I was coaching I was exonerated. The very serious mistake l’Rocchi made: there is no doubt about that. La Penna is a referee who is not the’height to be able to direct such important matches, but you who are the draughtsman this thing you must know”.

“The second aspect that bothers me a great deal in this affair is reading that Bastoni was threatened on social media,” he continued, “This is a behavior of crazy cowardice. As a professional, I must add that I have always detested simulation. But not only me, everyone of my generation detested it: we used to put things right, even if it was not the most correct way to do it”.

“They are looking at you guys, you don&#8217t do things like that, it doesn&#8217t make any sense, it&#8217s not sporting so simulation really needs to be abolished under the mental aspect” adds the Brescia man, who was an effective defender as a footballer, and who also has it in for Cristian Chivu, the Inter coach, who pointed the finger at Juventus’ Pierre Kalulu at the end of the match instead of stigmatizing his player&#8221s unsportsmanlike behavior.

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“You have been a defender for so long and used all the tricks, legal and illegal that could be used on the field – the message to the Romanian -. Forget it, you too are seen especially by young people. But what do you say to the Frenchman ‘Put your hands in your pockets’? I am not the repository of truth, but this is a profession where one has to know that from the other side they are looking at you today especially. So one must also be careful in making statements: in my opinion you have made a mistake that is not nice to see and read in the newspapers”.