Gattuso: I've been struggling with the disease for 15 years, it's not easy at all. Keep me faith that I'm stronger than her …
Gennar Gattus (47) follows a big exam in the HNL. Italian coach will face with a former colleague Fabia Cannavar (51) at Maksimir in an eternal derby that could decide the season for both clubs. Prior to the game on Sunday, Gattuso, in an interview with Vivo Azzurro, the television of the Italian Football Association, talked about a disease he has been fighting for over a decade.
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– I've had a myasthenia for fifteen years. Thousands of people seek my advice and ask me how I manage to have so much energy despite illness. Cortisone helps me fight. For four or five years, I renounced the things I love, such as glasses of wine. When a diplopia comes and when I see twice, it's not easy, but I always believe I'm stronger than a disease – said Italian.
He spoke and the importance of hard work and trends in modern football.
– You have to work hard, train, respect the rules and live a healthy lifestyle so you can play with full power. The truth is that football has changed, the players move faster, the contacts are stronger and you have to be ready because the technique itself is no longer enough.
Hajduk coach also emphasized the problem of lack of will in young people.
– The hardest thing for me today is to explain to people how important it is to respect the job that was 90 percent of the children the most beautiful game in the world and then became a profession. It bothers me when I see talented children who give up as soon as they come across the first difficulty and do not try to progress. That drives me crazy – Gennaro Gattuso admitted honestly.
