C. Fabregas: 'We must protect the future team captain A. Bastoni'

2026-03-04 22:36 © scanpix

The "Como" club drew 0:0 against the Milan "Inter" team in the first leg of the "Coppa Italia" cup semifinal.

After the match, Como's head coach Cesc Fabregas defended the opposing defender Alessandro Bastoni from the boos:

"A. Bastoni plays for the strongest team in Italy. I consider him an elite player; I was very interested in the "nerazzurri" team precisely because of him.

We need to protect him. A. Bastoni will become the captain of the Italian national team. Yes, he made a mistake, but such things happen.

I also made a mistake at the "San Siro" stadium when I held Alexis Saelemaekers. He will get through all these things.

Alessandro Bastoni was booed throughout the entire match at the Como stadium, and for that, Cesc Fabregas began to defend this defender.