Article by Daniel Scorpie, Aurelian Botezatu – Published Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 10:14 / Updated Tuesday, February 17, 2026 10:30
Antonio Cassano launched a relentless attack on him Juventuswho made a monster scandal after refereeing the derby with Inter. “Whoever attacks Bastoni should be ashamed of himself. Embarrassing to incite keyboard warriors and four TV idiots. He's done Juventus to give us moral lessons! Everything is just a media doughnut”.
Antonio Cassano stands by Cristi Chivu and Inter, even though he admitted that Juventus did not deserve to lose Il Derby d'Italia, even after going down to 10 players. The former Italian striker is among the few who stood against the critical stream launched against Alessandro Bastoni.
The Inter centre-back fell to the turf following light contact with Pierre Kalulu, prompting a second yellow card wrongly awarded to the French defender by referee La Penna. Bastoni was criticized for faking and on social networks he received, together with his family, death threats!
Cassano: “Instead of incitement, I ask Inter fans to applaud and hug Bastoni in the first match at San Siro”
Cassano used the opportunity to trash Juventus: “Bastoni was wrong, he faked. I did the same in a Roma-Brescia. I think it was the only time I faked in my life.
Even Nedved, for example, threw himself on the ground against me in a Juventus-Roma match, without having made any dust in the press. Krasic too, he crashed and nobody said a word. Gigi Buffon, our friend and whom I love, said himself that he would not have said anything if he had seen Muntari's ball in the goal.
Pierre Kalulu, the defender of Juventus, was eliminated in the derby with Inter, the team coached by Cristi Chivu, after a refereeing error/ PHOTO Imago Images
Whoever attacks Bastoni should be ashamed of themselves. It incites keyboard warriors, it's embarrassing. Juve are now giving moral lessons to Inter or others, but stop rubbing my head! You've done more damage than hail.
A few years ago, Pjanic should have gone home. We lost a title because of that Muntari goal I was talking about. And let's not talk about the episode with Iuliano and Ronaldo from another famous derby,” Cassano began his devastating attack on the “Viva el Futbol” podcast.
Cassano used intolerant language towards the protestors: “The cretins who insult Bastoni and his family and La Penna are guilty of inciting the four idiots on television, the so-called journalists and politicians. Instead of instigating, I'm asking Inter fans to cheer Bastoni in the first game at San Siro and give him a hug.
“The fish in the head stinks. Let's not forget all the disasters in favor of Juventus! Now everyone is outraged…”
The absurdity is that Juventus gives moral lessons. The fish stinks from the head. Let's not forget all the disasters in favor of Juve, now everyone is outraged. But what about all the others who cried and lost a scudetto?
Referee Federico La Penna shows the red card to Pierre Kalulu. An erroneous decision / Photo: Imago
I love Chiellini, but don't forget how he was throwing himself to the ground when he hadn't even been touched! Let's not make Bastoni look like a monster. Before being moralistic, Juve should see what they have done.
As a footballer I have always talked about the Sticks in a certain way, but leave the boy and his family alone! Anyone who attacks them is a coward.
And anyone who says they shouldn't go to the national team is a shame. How many should go to the national team then? From tonight, I'll be on the Bastoni side. Forever”.
