GATTUSO'S HARSH REACTION: "I AM NOT SOMEONE LEFT ON STREET"

Taking charge of the technical directorship of Lazio, Gennaro Gattuso completely broke his silence against those harsh criticisms he faced and that negative perception created. The successful coach made very striking statements at that last press conference he attended and practically raised the flag of rebellion. Putting forward that assertive stance of his clearly with the words "I did not fail in any team I managed", the Italian technical man qualified those ruthless comments made constantly about him as a very great injustice. The Lazio coach, who voiced that deep resentment of his by saying "They talk as if I am someone left on the street" about himself, advised those who criticized him to look only at the statistics. The experienced coach, who stated that the factors determining success in football were sometimes just luck and those tiny moments, reminded those bitter experiences he lived in the past. Gattuso emphasized that he missed the right to participate in the Champions League by only 1 point difference in the periods he managed the Milan and Napoli teams and returned from the edge of those massive targets. The successful coach, who expressed that he experienced the same bad luck in Croatia, reminded the entire sports public that he lost that championship he wanted so much at the head of the Hajduk Split team in that dramatic last week of the league. Gattuso, who defended until the end that all these experiences were not a failure but rather those small breaking moments brought by a competitive structure, always trusted that stable line of his in his career. This harsh defense the Italian coach made over his own statistics found a very wide echo in the Italian sports press. The fans and football authorities gave right to these concrete data Gattuso put forward and welcomed that upright stance he showed with a great appreciation.

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