Antonio Cassano highlighted his ‘disgust’ with Italian football and noted that it must evolve following the failure to qualify for the World Cup.
Only two Italian clubs are still competing in European competition, with Atalanta still competitive in the Europa League and Roma preparing for a task ahead of them in the Europa Conference League, following their 2-1 loss to Bodo/Glimt. All of the Italian teams competing in the Champions League were quickly knocked out.
Speaking on BoboTV, Cassano discussed Italian football as a whole and the poor impressions it makes.
“Italian football is disgusting. I’m talking about Allegri’s football, Capello’s football, even Simeone’s football in Spain….
“Luckily for us, that type of football has almost everywhere gone out of the archives. Today I only save Atalanta and the philosophy of coach Mancini, for the rest, football in Italy must evolve.
“What does Allegri’s Juve game bring me? All we do now is make a bad impression at international level, both as clubs and as a national team.”
Roberto Mancini has decided not to resign from his role as Italy coach, meaning he’ll oversee the Azzurri revolution as the team look to prepare for their next major tournament, Euro 2024 in Germany.
The topic of Italian football has been heated following the play-off disaster, with many calling for completely new ideas and systems in order to turn things around, whilst others are more conservative and simply call for the regular inclusion of younger talents.