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Salvini fumes with AC Milan coach Gattuso after Lazio draw

Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini was upset with AC Milan's 1-1 draw against Lazio.

Salvini was in the stands for the game.

“Gattuso is too pig-headed," Salvini told Top Calcio 24.

“Once you score in such a complicated game as this, it's normal you have to clam up. What was Gattuso waiting for to make some substitutions, for extra time?

“We had at least three who were exhausted with the heavy rain and the muddy pitch. Can someone explain this Gattuso stubbornness to me?

“In the last 10 minutes, you have to introduce two or three who can run. Introduce Samu Castillejo and take off Fabio Borini, who was running about as fast as my grandmother.

“Did you see the Suso-Patrick Cutrone counter-attack? They were shattered, poor things. If you have someone there with fresh legs, you can control the situation better.

“It didn't take an experienced Coach to know that, I could've figured it out and so could any fan at home making pasta as he watched on TV.

“I don't know about Zlatan Ibrahimovic coming back, because if you have Cutrone and tell him to just stand there isolated, then what difference is that going to make? Milan's problems are more in midfield and defence. When I saw a three-man defence today, I started praying…"

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