If Cristiano Ronaldo does not always respond publicly to his detractors, he knows how to do it perfectly in private. Antonio Cassano can attest to this.
Antonio Cassano is one of Cristiano Ronaldo’s main detractors. Now aged 42, the Italian international (39 caps)
regularly criticizes the five-time Ballon d’Or winner. He criticizes him in particular for focusing on his individual statistics.
A few years ago, the Portuguese contacted him directly, threatening him. “He first called the Juventus press officer. And this press officer called a player who I don’t want to name. I received a message from a number +34, a Spanish number. It was a list of all the trophies, goals and statistics. Then a voice message saying: ‘You disrespected me, don’t do that kind of thing again, you’ve only scored 150 goals, you’ve only won four titles’. I then replied: ‘Cristiano, listen to me. You think I disrespected you, I just don’t like you as a player. What’s the problem?’ »revealed the ex-attacking midfielder during the podcast Pass by BSMT by Gianluca Gazzoli.
Cristiano Ronaldo is really overrated for Cassano
Cassano does not budge. “I just said what I thought, he assures. And even today, for me, there are many people qualitatively stronger than him, because as I already said, football is an emotion, you should not live only for the goal, added the one who wore the colors of Real Madrid between 2006 and 2008. If you come looking for me like he did, it’s because you’re not sure of yourself. »
At the time, the strong-opinionated Italian declared that Cristiano Ronaldo was not even in his top ten best players in the history of football. Enough to provoke the fury of CR7.
IN BRIEF
- Antonio Cassano regularly criticizes Cristiano Ronaldo, particularly for his obsession with individual statistics.
- Cristiano Ronaldo contacted Cassano directly to express his displeasure with his criticism.
- Cassano persists in his criticism and does not consider Cristiano Ronaldo one of the best players in history.
