The coaching career of Fabio Grossoafter the good results obtained at the helm of Frosinone and the not unforgettable experience in France, he left Italy and Sassuolo, who he will try to bring back to Serie A immediately.
The former full-back spoke about the two months he spent on the bench of Lyon, a team where he had played and had been welcomed very well, lifting three trophies (including a Ligue 1). Before a match against Marseille he was hit by a stone from his own fans who were protesting against the club: “You realize how fragile you are, it was a bad day. I will always carry it with me. Lyon is a place who I adore, I found beautiful people and I wouldn’t change the choice I made, like others who are a bit kamikaze; I left without anger and with the awareness that it takes time to do things well. That stone almost hit me in the back. look, I moved my face shortly before. I heard a big noise, I went to the ground. My face was full of blood and I found myself in hospital”, he tells Changing Room Chronicles.
The high point of his career and his life was certainly the 2006 World Cup: penalty against Australia (“Clear! Without a doubt”, he said), goal in the semi-final in injury time against Germany and decisive penalty for the victory in the final against France. The France that will remain in his memories for many reasons. and I found myself in hospital.”