Viviano on Akanji's comment about Como: "They come from ignorance, very superficial"

Emiliano Viviano, former goalkeeper, spoke to Cronache di Spogliatoio to comment on Italy’s victory against France and some statements by Akanji.

On the topic of Barella, Viviano defended the midfielder: “For a couple of years now, he’s become the one everyone criticizes when he plays badly, while when he has a match like the one against France, it’s considered normal. It’s not normal: he played an outstanding match.” The reason for the criticism, according to the former goalkeeper, lies in the wrong expectations: “They say he doesn’t score 12 goals, but he doesn’t have those characteristics. He does the dirty work, he’s always there in terms of intensity and covering the field. Then he plays 60 matches a year: always being like that is complicated.”

Viviano then commented on Akanji’s statements regarding Como, rejecting them outright: “No, I didn’t like them. In my opinion, they basically come from ignorance: he probably doesn’t even know where Como is. They are very superficial statements.”