Zenit St Petersburg coach Luciano Spalletti has come out in defence of Domenico Criscito, who has been implicated in a match-fixing scandal.
Italian police searched the 25-year-old Criscito’s room at the Italian national team training base on Monday, and the defender was subsequently withdrawn from Cesare Prandelli’s provisional Euro 2012 squad.
Criscito has already expressed his determination to clear his name, and Spalletti offered nothing but praise for the player he signed in June 2011.
“It is clear that the police are doing their work, but I know Criscito and he is a great player and a great man,” Spalletti told Rai.
“There are no doubts about him, I would stick my neck out for him.”
Italian Football Federation (FIGC) president Giancarlo Abete expressed his disappointment with the scenario.
“To be honest, I am very sad about what happened with Criscito,” he said.
“It is fair that the boy is given the right to clear his name, but this is surely a bad day for the Italy national team.”
Source : http://www.soccernews.com/spalletti-defends-implicated-criscito/95427/
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