Antonio Cassano has retired from football – again – but had time for another typically no-filter interview. “All the players suck nowadays.”

The 36-year-old had only joined Virtus Entella for training a week ago and was yet to sign a contract, but this morning released a statement confirming he had decided to call it a day.

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Hellas Verona risk losing the Serie B leadership after a shock 2-0 home defeat at the hands of Lecce.

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This result allowed Lecce to climb into second place, only one point behind, but Pescara can leapfrog Verona with a positive result this weekend.

Verona 0-2 Lecce

La Mantia 45 (L), Mancosu 69 (L)

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Former Serie A and international referee Luigi Agnolin has died at the age of 75 after a long illness.

He officiated 226 Serie A games, making his debut in the top flight when Fiorentina beat Cagliari 3-0 on March 18, 1973.

Agnolin represented Italy at the 1986 and 1990 World Cups, also officiating the 1987 Cup Winners’ Cup Final and 1988 European Cup Final.

After retirement, he was the Commissioner of the Serie C referee’s association from 1990-92, then Extraordinary Commissioner of the overall Italian Referee’s Association in 2006.

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World Cup winner Alberto Gilardino has reportedly decided to retire, after scoring 273 goals across his career.

The veteran striker has taken an FIGC course to become a Coach, but was considering one more season as a player.

There was an offer on the table from Serie C side Pro Piacenza, but Gazzetta dello Sport reports that he has decided to hang up his boots.

Gilardino scored 188 Serie A goals, putting him ahead of Gabriel Batistuta and level with Alessandro Del Piero and Beppe Signori.

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Palermo fought back from a goal down to conquer Foggia, while Giampaolo Pazzini bagged a hat-trick as Verona crushed Carpi 4-1.

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Foggia 1-2 Palermo

Kragl 37 (F), Salvi 54 (P), Trajkovski 62 (P)

Salernitana 3-0 Padova

Di Tacchio 26 (S), Casasola 65 (S), D Anderson 69 (S)

Verona 4-1 Carpi

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Fabio Pecchia has seen it all at Real Madrid, Napoli and Hellas Verona, revealing Cristiano Ronaldo “has loved Serie A and Italy for years.”

The former assistant manager to Rafa Benitez is now a Coach of his own accord and spoke to La Gazzetta dello Sport about his career.

He spent a lot of time working with Ronaldo in Madrid and wasn’t surprised by the transfer to Juventus.

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Antonio Cassano reveals “I won’t be attending” the FIGC course he enrolled upon to become a sporting director.

It was revealed yesterday that FantAntonio had joined a course to become qualified as a sporting director, having not played for two years.

Almost immediately though Tuttomercatoweb reported that he instead wanted to attempt a playing comeback and today the former Italian international confirmed he won’t take the course.

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Cosenza risk a 3-0 defeat to Hellas Verona after their Serie B match was called off due to the awful state of the pitch.

Despite delaying kick-off for an hour and attempting to get the situation under control, the referee felt the turf failed his pitch inspection.

Now Cosenza risk a 3-0 defeat, as it was their responsibility to keep the playing surface in a playable condition at the Stadio San Vito-Marulla.

The work to relay the turf was not completed on schedule and large patches were completely different to the rest of the surface.

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Former Fiorentina and Italy boss Cesare Prandelli has confirmed that he is ready to return with a Serie A club.

Prandelli enjoyed success with Verona, Parma and Fiorentina, before taking Italy to the Final of Euro 2012.

However, his career has nosedived following spells with Galatasaray, Valencia and Al-Nasr, which lasted a combined 15 months.

“Do I want to coach again? Yes, absolutely,” he told Radio Anch’io Sport.

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Turkish club MKE Ankaragucu unveiled new signing Alessio Cerci with a bizarre Godfather-themed video.

The 31-year-old was a free agent after Hellas Verona’s relegation, having played for the likes of Roma, Torino, Atletico Madrid, Milan and Genoa.

He signed a three-year contract with Ankaragucu, who relied on Italian stereotypes by announcing his arrival with a Godfather video.

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