In case you didn’t know, Antonio Cassano is big Lionel Messi fan. Former Real Madrid, Roma, Inter, Milan and Sampdoria player named his second baby in 2013 Lionel, “in honor of the greatest player of all time, my idol.” In fact, he met the Argentinian a couple of times, and the last time was just a month ago, when he visited PSG before the home game with Saint Etienne. The former Roma and Real Madrid forward was given a lovely welcome at the Parc des Princes, meeting a number of PSG stars including Kylian Mbappe, Neymar and Angel Di Maria. Predictably, the most special meeting came with Lionel Messi, and after meeting with former Barca player, Cassano posted a video on his Instagram post with a message: ’God exists’.Antonio Cassano se encontró con Messi y no pudo ocultar su fanatismo 👇pic.twitter.com/dw5qK1B9S2— VarskySports (@VarskySports) February 28, 2022 So, when the topic about Messi comes up, Antonio defends him with the same emotions as his father or brother whould probably do. Maybe even better.„The most embarrassing thing that I’ve read is that Messi never made sacrifices, contrary to Cristiano Ronaldo. Why should I hear scu***** criticise Messi? They are just adulators who are not even able to look at themselves in the mirror. There are amazing broadcasters, ruined by their presence. I wish I can meet these people sooner or later to insult them and tell them what I think. If I tell them now, they would sue me. I don’t want to give them visibility, I just want to tell them that they must be ashamed of themselves“ Cassano told Bobo TV, where he makes a regular appearance along the owner and his former Inter teammate Cristiano Vieri.’Ronaldo texted me and asked me to show some respect’Off course, being a member of ’camp Messi’ almost always means you don’t like Cristiano Ronaldo, his arch rival, and Cassano is a perfect example of that. Former Real forward regularly criticizes Manchester’s player and even claims that the Portuguese texted him, asking him to show him some respect. And he was talking about him again.„I take my hat off for the 807 goals he scored. But Cristiano Ronaldo is not among the best players in the world. Goalscorer? Yes. Is he a strong forward? Also. Did he win titles? He won. Cristiano Ronaldo is like Inzaghi and Trezeguet. They were fabulous players, but let’s be honest: playing football is something else. Goals do not define a player. Iniesta didn’t score 60 goals, Zidane didn’t reach 100…. Those are the geniuses who made football history“ explained Cassano.
