Arturo Vidal drank too much

Giorgio Chiellini published his autobiography on Thursday – with quite explosive content.

In the work entitled “Io, Giorgio” (“Ich, Giorgio”), he writes, among other things, about Sergio Ramos’ infamous foul on Mohamed Salah in the 2018 Champions League final – and his former teammate Arturo Vidal and his alleged preference for alcoholic drinks.

Chiellini on Vidal: “Alcohol a bit its weakness”

“A man like Vidal sometimes went out and drank more than he should, everyone knows that, you could say that alcohol was a bit his weakness,” she quoted Gazzetta dello sport from Chiellini’s book. “There is no question of whether he is a champion or what type of person he is. Weaknesses are human. What matters is the consequences they can have for the team.”

And further: “The big Arturo did not show up for training a few times a year, or if he did, he was pretty happy, so to speak. But he never pushed a calm ball, on the contrary, I think that sometimes certain traits become one Can be strength. “

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From 2011 to 2015 Vidal played with Chiellini for Juventus and won four championship titles during this time.

Chiellini recalls incident during trip to the USA

Chiellini also describes an incident during a season trip to the USA during the trip to the USA. “We had the evening before the last training session before leaving Miami. The next morning Arturo was nowhere to be seen. He was in bed and they had to force him out of there.”

During the training session, trainer Antonio Conto sent everyone in black suits to the pitch at 40 degrees. The Juve coach couldn’t wait to give Vidal a pink camisole as a special punishment. “Instead, after ten minutes of barely recognizing the ball, Arturo, still looking drunk, suddenly started running around like crazy.”

But the 35-year-old finally found conciliatory words for the ex-Bayern star. “What can you say about a person who, among other things, brings fun to the team and is also someone who drives the team and is both a fighter and a great champion?”

Chiellini praises Ramos’ foul on Salah

Speaking of champions: the tough defender praised another representative of his field with the highest notes. It was Sergio Ramos of Real Madrid, who injured his opponent Salah so badly in the 2018 Champions League final that it had to be replaced.

Since then, quite a few critics have accused the defender of the royal of deliberately affecting the Egyptian striker.

“Hurting Salah was a masterpiece,” Chiellini commented in his book. He came out as a big fan of Ramos: This could cause “disturbances” that went beyond any logic, “even with the injuries that he provokes with almost devilish cunning.”

Regarding the serious foul in the final, which Real is known to have won, the Italian also said: “He, the master Ramos, has always said that it was not intentional, but he knew that if he fell like that and doesn’t let go of him, can break his opponent’s arm in nine out of ten cases. ”

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