Cassano: Donadoni the only one who believed in me

Sampdoria forward Antonio Cassano preferred not to talk about the Azzurri’s national team coach Marcello Lippi for failing to call him up for the two World Cup qualifiers, but rather he spoke about current Napoli coach Roberto Donadoni. “Donadoni risked everything for me, going against everything and everyone,” declared the former Roma player to Sky.

“If I had made a mistake, Donadoni would have been the first and only one to hammer, because he took this responsibility.”I behaved well because when I give my word, I keep it. He asked me to do certain things and I could not refuse: he gave and I had to give him.”