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Gennaro Gattuso explained the reason behind his public spit with an analyst Josko Jelicica.
Gattuso refused to squeeze Jelic’s hand or talk to him during the interview after the match after the defeat of Hajduk Split 3-0 on yesterday’s rival rival Rijeka.
Jelicic, who played for Hajduk, was not impressed with their performance, and his criticism for Gattusou and his players obviously returned to Italian, who was not in the mood for comforts when he faced TV cameras.
Things warmed up between Josko Jelicic and Gennar Gattuso after the match. pic.twitter.com/nzed6qe04x
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Gattuso said, “I don’t think there is respect for me or players. He is constantly posting things in public. It’s easy to talk in the media when no one is bypassing you or behind your back, but what bothers me the most is that he was a professional player and knows problems in football and what he means.
“It really insults me when someone tells me I’m a stranger. What does that mean? That I didn’t play football? Not to belong here? Tell me on my face, just as you said we were playing badly.”
Gattuso – Jelicic has been destroying my players for months
Jelicic won one cap for Croatia, but was sent against Austria and never played again.
And Gattuso questioned his credentials for the criticism of him and his team.
He added, “My players are most suffering – he has destroyed them with sarcastic comments for months, acting as if he had won the World Cup, Champions League and as if he were the biggest coach in the world.”
