Italy Women’s legend Morace defends Gattuso against sexism accusations
Being linked to Tottenham’s dugout, the Spurs’ fans led a campaign against hiring Gennaro Gattuso while women’s football legend Carolina Morace assures the Italian coach is ‘against any form of discrimination.’
Being linked to the Spurs’ job, a social media frenzy accusing Genaro Gattuso of being racist, sexist and homophobic
saw the North London club back away from hiring him.
On his sexism accusations, Carolina Morace wrote on
Twitter: “Rino Gattuso and I have been working together at Milan, and, since then, we have never stopped to discuss and share professional ideas and viewsm.
“Gattuso is against any form of discrimination, and is a person with rare gifts. Those who say the contrary do not know him at all.”
With 105 goals in 153 caps for Italy before her retirement in 1998, Morace is a legend of women’s football as he walked into coaching career after her retirement from playing.
In 1999, She became the first woman to coach a men’s professional football team with Viterbese and has been married to former Australian women’s football player, Nicola Jane Williams, since 2012.
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