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Former Italian footballer Antonio Cassano, who had contracted the coronavirus a few days ago, was admitted to the Hospital San Martín de Génova due to complications with the coronavirus, against which he is not vaccinated, his family confirmed today.
Cassano, 40 years old and who played in the Sampdoria and the bMadridAmong other clubs, he had spent the last days of 2021 and the beginning of the year in home isolation after contracting the virus, as his wife, the soccer player Carolina Marcialis, had explained on social networks. She was also the one who was calm when she said that her condition is not serious: “Antonio is in the hospital, but he’s fine,” she posted angrily against the portals that indicated otherwise.
In the last hours his state of health has deteriorated, which has made it necessary to hospitalize him in the infectious diseases department of the San Martino Hospital in Genoa, according to local media.
Emerging from the youth quarry of Bari, Cassano moved very young to Roma, the team with which he won the 2001 Italian Super Cup, before moving to Real Madrid in January 2006. Upon his return to Italy, the former striker wore the shirt of Sampdoria, Milan, Inter and Parma, before returning to the Genoese club to close his career with Sampdoria in 2017.Cassano, nicknamed “Fantantantonio” by his fans, played With the Italy team since 2003 and in 2012 he was runner-up in Europe.
Italy registered a new record of infections this Wednesday, with almost 190,000 cases in 24 hours. That is why the European nation is prepared to make the vaccination for COVID-19 be mandatory for people over 50, in an attempt to ease pressure on their health service and reduce deaths.
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Cassano He knew how to be an extraordinary player, but he never managed to make the leap in quality: “He did not have the head of a great soccer professional, he thought that with little training he would achieve everything. He had talent, but if you don’t take care of yourself a little, your time takes its toll. At 30 he was a former player and that hurts one because he had a huge heart, “said his former partner, the Argentine Leandro Cufré in dialogue with the program Enganche de Radio Club 947 in March 2020.
“I didn’t even see Messi do the things that Antonio Cassano did. One day in training I saw him throw a taco center. The ball was going to the side, it was running against and with the tacazo it threw the center. It was incredible. I explain them today and I still have a hard time understanding how he did it. Had he been more professional, he would have been one of the best in the world without a doubt ”, he recalled.
In January 2021, the Italian recalled the problems he had at Real Madrid: “When Capello arrived I made two goals in two games and I felt like the king of the world. He replaced me in the first half against Lyon, I fought with him in Jerez and he took me out of the team “, reported to the Italian chain BOBO TV.
At the same time, and after ensuring that after his arrival at the white team he had dropped 12 kilos, he acknowledged that with the arrival of his friend Cannavaro in July 2006, he gained weight again after ingesting excessively a well-known cream paste. cocoa and hazelnuts that are commonly used to make various desserts: “Nutella he was one of the club’s sponsors and every month they gave us five kilos of product “.
“In seven months I gained 14 kilosI ate it directly from the pot, by the spoonful, and I didn’t care. It was disgusting “the Italian lamented.
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