How "The Next Baggio" Ruined His Career
Antonio Cassano was one of Italy’s brightest football prodigies who attracted the attention of some major European clubs but the path he followed led him astray from the glory he was expecting. His talent was undeniable, but his struggles with form and contentious character were costly.
What happened to the Jewel from Old Bari?
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~Sorry for the mistake with Spain and the Euros
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:45 - The origins of Antonio Cassano
2:43 - Roman spell
3:56 - Italy and Euro 2004
4:41 - Controversies of Cassano
6:14 - Real Madrid transfer
10:18 - Back to Italy
13:03 - A Milano move
14:24 - Recovery, call-up, and Euro 2012
15:12 - Intercity travels
15:41 - His period with Parma
16:42 - A short return to Genoa
16:49 - Fantantonio's final chance
17:57 - Outro and Summary
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Spain also won the Euros in 1964 and 2008, apologies for the mistake.
I, as a Spaniard, forgive you.
What about the litany of mispronunciations?
6 goals in 48 games?
It was amazing how calm he was vs Germany at 2012 euros. He moved like playin vs kids and made a great assist to Balotelli
Him and Balotelli…
Yeah he was brilliant in Euro 2012
So good👌what a team Italy had in that Euros, Balotelli, Cassano, Di Natale, Pirlo, De Rossi, Marchisio, Montolivo, Bonucci, Chiellini, Buffon and the list goes on👌🥰
@@dismagioelecocco9659 Well... Cassano buddied with a lot of crazy forwards, like Balotelli, Totti, and Zlatan. He never had a problem with any of them. Mostly it's the coaches and the refs he had issues with.
“Talent will get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.” There is a lot to be learnt from Cassano's case.
If you see it on personal life he enjoyed his life but as a professional he doesn’t deserve to be where he was
@@romeokalemi5331 That might be true but I think if he reflects on his life he would have regrets on both the personal and professional. I believe he would regret not been a little bit disciplined in his personal life and with the talent he had that would have taken him to a higher height professionally.
He stayed at the top his entire career, shagged 1000 women and retired a milionaire... if thats not successful then i don't know what is
@@bensmith5288 And also a man that stated that he hopes there are no gays in the squad. Disgusting.
You're 100% right. Look at Ronaldo. He probably wasn't the most naturally gifted player but he was known for being the first to arrive at training and the last one to leave. Talent is meaningless if you don't have the right mindframe and dedication.
Despite the drama, I think he still had a great career. He’ll always be one of my all time favorites.
Totti and Cassano between 02 and 05 probably played the best football ever seen in Rome. Just unplayable
Vero....superRoma quella, bei ricordi... (son del Toro, ma simpatizzo da sempre per la Roma, mia seconda squadra)
It was impossible not to fall in love with Roma seeing them play in that period. Beautiful kits, beautiful football and so many characters. Not only Totti and Cassano, but I also fondly remember guys like Montella, walter samuel, Mancini and my friend John Carew.
unplayable?
@@TheBjern It's an italian way of saying. The meaning is "you cannot compete with them at all, they are on a unreachable level"
@@larslosh5598 Totti's hair was also beautiful at that time lmao.
I'm a real madrid fan who still love Antonio cassano!!✌🙏🌎❤🤗💯
Thanks for watching. Bit unfortunate that he couldn’t do better in Spain
@@theretroroute yo soy Italiano .. de Bari la misma ciudad adonde Cassano nacio' .. fue un verdadero Heroe por nosotros. El Sud Italia es una de las mas pobre y problematicas areas de Italia. Tenemos muchisima cosas que non funcionan.. aunque tenemos un enorme corazon, una eterna sonrisa, y muchisima pasion. Cassano fue' un chico espejo de esta realidad. Fue un BARESE puro. En el su sentido mejor y pejor..Disculpen mi espanol. Estoy tratando de mojorar
Adriano was a real downfall.. Cassano had a chaotic first part of his career, failed at Real Madrid but then managed to recover and play fantastic football for Sampdoria and for italian national team. For sure he could have done much more with his talent
Luckily, Adriano is on the way…
Cassano matured late in his career. Adriano just sunk into depression after his father died.
This documentary is severely underrated! For sure I was here before all the new fans which you deserve start flooding in.
Thanks very much!
Cassano was amazing, since his first match till the last! Fantantonio was his alias, a great man.
Great man ? You need to get your priorities straight
@@bensmith5288 I was not judging his life or such, but talking about football he was a great man on the pitch imo
@@dontbeshy5722 yeah but you did a mess
People talking in idiotic cliches once again .. nothing about this video suggest he was a great man … but the complete opposite …. A ridiculous child … so depressing that someone would look up to this sort of person as a hero …
I had him in my team on pro evolution soccer 2015. He was a second striker that started off at 78. But if you used him as a AMF, his stats went up to 83. He was 34 at the time and at the end of his career.
FIFA will always be trash
Stumbled upon this channel, great content about the forgotten talent in Antonio Cassano. This channel deserves more views and subscribers in my opinion. Keep it up mate!
Welcome aboard!
Found this channel today, and it’s time to binge. Keep up the great content!
He did it his way! Sure, he could have "polished" his behavior and make more money, but he was having fun playing the game he loved. He still got paid and delivered when he had too!!
Very well made. Keep them coming.
Great vid! loved cassano as a player, unbelievable talent on his day
12:13 There's a mistake here, the best Samp team in history played a Champions League final againsta Barca in 1992.
He just needed a father figure growing up.
imagine if he played for Alex Ferguson's utd
I wonder how many kids he’s fathered
@@doggerlander He could never have dealt with a discipline level of Ferguson, this guys was far more problems than the likes of Lee Sharpe loooool
that's stupid, plenty of footballers with fathers growing up turned out to be idiots
@@nighthawk6692 "Father Figure" and having a father are two different things. Not all father's can inspire and guide their own kids and are not easy to look up to.
Your page is special 💙 so glad to find your page. Keep it up
didnt realise he actually played for anyone after he was done with AC Milan. Anyway, "downfall" is a bit strong a word considering he retired at 34 or so. And assuming he has managed to hold on to much of the fortune he made as a player, plus he's married and has lots of friends, hes done brilliantly for himself really. At most you could say he didnt reach the heights of superstardom that the likes of Baggio, Beckham and CR7 did.
Many friends? You know that his "friends" know exactly what kind of person he is and they know that he isn't worth much if we're talking about football. He made friends because he is a clown and he continuesly says "Cassanate" that are outrageous and make no sense
@@dext1352 cope
@@dext1352 What are you talking about? As player he never wanted to train, he always lacked disclipline, but everyone loves him. You will never find a player who played with him that don't love him.
@@xxvenomous because he was always making a fool of himself or making fools of others, like you said he was liked but never gained the respect of anyone and you can check to this day the people he worked with call him a clown but never a good player. Also i think you are all italians that are answering my comment without any real proof just because we are talking about cassano
@@dext1352 he actually has a lot of friends, his problem was discipline when playing, he even does streamings with 3 of his friends on Twitch and is the most followed Football content on the platform, he just has a bit of a temper but he is a really funny and genuine guy.
You’re videos are awesome. Thanks for making this.
Solid video, extremely informative and interesting as well. Thanx
love the vids keep them coming
Everytime I hear how awesome Balotelli was in Euro 2012 I feel like crying.
congratulation for your very well put video, concise and elegant!
Thanks! Check out some others. New vid coming this weekend!
Absolutely brilliant work, love this. This guy would have a brilliant Nexflix series if he decided to do a tell all off the pitch. If he was English, they would of had him on all the reality TV shows loooool
Lol 😂
great channel. definitely deserve more and more followers!
Thanks!
Great video, you deserve more subscribers. Love from Bari
Great video! I never knew the full story. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for the documentary
Thanks for watching
Great videos. Been looking for a channel like this
Great video man 👌
Recently found your channel and it’s awesome. Love your vids!
Vincenzo Montella and Cassano were amazing on Champ Manager
Top video big man
Legend!
one of my favorite players growing up. I understand not growing up without a father its hard.
Great video mate
Excellent video. You won a subscriber today. Cheers!
Great story, please continue to do more!
He was a talent that was in my opinion, better than every Italian player in the history, he was doing crazy things like Messi and was before Messi! that's why mentality is very important in any career.
I agree. We saw his potential at Roma and Sampdoria/lower league sides, but mismanaged and a bit crazy.
Thanks for watching!
Better than Baggio? You know that Baggio had a severe injury early in his career but was considered the best even if that injury cost him speed and agility? Cassano was a talent but was hot headed and that ruined him, sorry but do not even compare Messi to this guy
@@dext1352 that’s why Baggio is the best italian player
@@dext1352 not better than baggio or del pierro
Let's be honest man management is essential and key with certain players and Capello lacked man management to his and his players detriment. Cassano played for more global clubs than most players ever.
Superb video! Really well-made and a really enjoyable watch. Will check out more of your content in future :-)
Great documentary, enjoyed ✌️
I watched Cassano since he started his career till he retired, Some people were calling him italian Maradona. The best his days were with AS Roma amd Sampdoria. if he did not move from Roma, he could complish something better in his career. In Roma , the environment is very emotional, he can not find any better place to forgive him about his faults like Roma.
Lol no one was calling him the italian maradona 😂 He was not even a main talent. He was something like greenwood, Harverz or camavinga. He was very good for his age. But he wasnt that special Real madrid bought him only cause he was very reasonable price
@@mathewvanostin7118 nah bro, Cassano was seen as a massive talented player, the names you just listed are not as talented as him, just looking at his first touch nobody of them can match his raw skill, also these kids are where they are because they are talented and train a lot, Cassano never trained before his stroke, he would only play the training games, no cardio, no stretching and constant heavy pranks like peeing in a bag an throwing it to a team mate, when he was in verona he wasn't missing his family and neither was the "spark" there is a video of him that couldn't even complete some laps around the pitch, this guy played at the top only because of talent.
Great video
Thanks!
Very well made and narrated.
may God bless him and hope he will return as a coach or manager somewhere!
man you can't even imagine where Cassano grew up...
can u please elaborate
@@pse161 He grew up in poor neighborhoods of a South Italy big city, Bari. Some places are still bad now, let alone in the 80s. People were poor, most of them were either small street criminals or Sacra Corona Unita (Apulia's branch of Mafia) associates. So it's no surprise that Cassano, beside his amazing football talent, had nothing much more. Imagine giving some true money to someone who grew up in such a place. No way you keep your head clear and stable.
Sampdoria played 1992 UCL Final Well done, this documentary is amazing
Cassano was a technically gifted player.... he was not a yes man , and this made his football career difficult whenever he goes!
However, imagine if he somehow ended up at Utd or Arsenal with Fergie and Wenger. Those two managed to get the best out of Nasri and Ronaldo, the latter of whom would probably have failed if he didn't have a good role model, and the former, who left Arsenal too early and his bad habits eventually came back to bite him.
thanks for reading out his wikipedia!
Wow great mini documentary here 👏
Antonio Fantantino Cassano ❤ Living Legend 💪
It's uncorrect Marcello Lippi ignored him for his poor perfomances. Lippi excluded him early in 2004, after euro competition, when Cassano was simply the best italian player. That's because Cassano choice Rome instead of Juventus. Everyone in Italy knows it: Lippi and his son Davide had their main business in football players market, as we call it in Italy. What's absolutely absurd is the most pure italian talent played his first world cup at 32, because of dirty decisions of italian football establishment...
Cassano missing the 2010 World Cup because of Lippi still hurts. He was great at Sampdoria.
@@Drugo987 exactly
We can debate about his misconvocation in 2010 but there was no reason to have such a hothead in 2006 perfectly cohese team (that would eventually end up winning the WC)
@@ins0mniac756 you simply don't know about 2004
@@rinobisesto3705 I know, but that doesn't change the fact that Italy didn't need him at all in 2006
There is a mistake in the video, it was Spain second european trophy in 2012, not the first one. I enjoyed the video, I only watched Cassano play towards the end of his career but I was fascinated by the player and the man
I think Spain were European Champions in the 1960s when Real were massive. They and the Soviet Union won it before Italy in 1968. Spain and the Soviets 1960 or 1964 between them, can't remember.
He and Balotelli have a couple of things in common. 1. they're talented 2. they're italian and 3. they're both immature.
Absolutely nailed "Blu Cerchiati", well done, i had to say it i usually blame every brit that say italian stuff wrong 😂 but not you, again well done!
10:50 #Blucerchiati
8:58 The charismatic delinquent is also a good actor 😂😂
Great music for the video
He was crazy. I love him.
Many players have talent, but you also need the mentality.
Very true. Thanks for watching!
He was different, Ballon D'or level. But yeah you are right
Cassano had more than talent. If it wasn't for his behavior he would've been World Cup champion.
Great Video. I thought this was a video of a big channel. You deserve defenetly more views.
Appreciate that!
In many ways he'll be remembered a lot longer than many model professionals with stellar careers. Everyone loves a character.
Stats live longer than characters
@@lucciocalappa Marco Ferrante, Dario Hubner, Christiano Doni. Just some of the names of strikers who scored as many or more Serie A goals in the same period....any of them being remembered over Cassano? Not sure stats always outlive characters...
@TheRetroRoute can you do one on Sebastian Deisler? He had similar talent and expectations that never panned out, but for opposite reasons.
And, ironically, he's now actually making a weekly podcast on Twitch in which he constantly talks shit about players such as Barella and Jorginho calling them overrated. What a clown...
Cassano was great player And unfortunate case of great talent that never reached its full potential
@@badsolja1 and btw... Lippi was one of the first man to understand those things that i said, and so he decided to take him out of the italian national team before the 2006 world cup... and guess what happened then
That doesn’t make cassano any worst Again he was an exceptional talent everyone recognize that even Raul Gonzalez He’s night and Sex life and his timber what made him what he was
Last time he talked badly about Ronaldo. This little insignificant players who needed 15 years to score 100 goals in the Serie A. It took Ronaldo 3 years.
@ jutka Cassano have his ups and down as player thats first Second don’t you dare and compare cassano days to CR7 days in serie A When cassano played in serie A it was the best and greatest league talent/team wise Probably ever Now the Italian league is dead Third back in these days football player more defensively Now modern football allow players to score more goals Christiano Ronaldo with Messi are the most overrated talents in football history Also cassano didn’t have half the discipline that CR7 had period If he ever did he will be one of the greatest players of all times
I always played THAT Roma team in Champ Man. He was a monster.
Was one of my favorite players. he would amaze me with how he made the ball look like it was a magnet to hit feet. he was so fun to watch. but fame and his temper was his downfall. he could of been one of the greats
0:27 Showing R9 as if he isn't one of the greatest football players of all time is absolutely barmy.
Hello, that is not Ronaldo Nazario R9, that is Adriano, an amazing Brazilian striker that burned himself in a much worse fashion than Cassano and at a younger age. He lives now in a Favela in Brazil, a very poor sort of neighborhood that is common in that country.
@@Jaapkore This is clearly Ronaldo; Adrian is shown after
Cassano had more potential than R9. He could create goals from nowhere and play with the keepers. The difference is that R9 used his full potential to become one of the best strikers in the history and probably the best in the last 25 years, while Cassano wasted it all. The sad part is that he never got injuried like R9 or never had personal issues like Adriano. His downfall came because of his childlike mindset.
@@bejlicaushaj7169 LMAO SAID NOBODY EVER LMAO... even cassano would laugh at you, LMAO No forward is R9s equal, none!!!
@@bejlicaushaj7169 lmao you are clearly overrating cassano here
Tbh his had a really good career he played for the biggest teams in his country
Cassanos home was at Milan. I´ve honestly never seen him so happy as he was when was there. HIm and Ibra really bonded aswell being called "Batman & Robin" they had awesome chemistry. I felt so bad for him when Ibra left for OSG and he really wanted to leave Milan :( breaks my heart.
Disagree his home was with Milan. As he said himself, he should have never left Roma. Consider how close Totti took them to more titles, finishing second a ridiclious number of times over the poast 2 decades. He needed help in the form of another genius. Roma missed out on 4 or 5 titles within a few points but were the best football team in Italy in many of those seasons. Cassano would have been the tipping point to win. It would have been a very different story for Roma with multiple titles. Totti and Cassano chemistry was unmatched.
Yes I remember that season. He got an assist for almost every game he played
how do you have just 5k followers? your channel is elite!
i always loved cassano, just a shame he did not live up to the potential
Great video! (Don't want to be a pain but just a small correction, 2012 wasn't the first euro championship Spain won, they also won in 2008)
CHE CLASSE ANTO
14:51 is a mistake. Actually 2012 was spain 's third European championship cup victory and not their first ever. Thanks
I've written a little message in the description to address this. Thanks for watching!
These talented players that are messed up in the head, when they make it, don't know how to behave as a professional! If you want to become the best, keep your head down and focus on your football! The more you get involved in anything else, the more you're going to drift from your full potential! It's about 10-15 years of pro lifespan, you have to be extremely careful not to lose it in a blink of an eye!
I dont blame them. I dont know how i would have reacted to the transition from poverty and the streets to fame and riches. Without any father figure. These new young players (Mbappe, Neymar, Halland......) they learn from these stories but the Cassanos had no blue print to follow. Maradona was all that but he is considered by some to be the greatest of all time. In Basketball there is Dennis Rodman. He would club till late but the next day in the game he would out peform everyone
Love the last of us soundtrack mate 🙏😌
Thank you for everything at Roma❤💛 DAJE
Great documentary, but I'm surprised nobody in the comments is mentioning the beautiful The Last of Us soundtrack in the intro!
Italy's modern age Fantasistas sure were hot headed. Pre-Brescia Baggio, Vialli, Di Canio, early years of Di Natale and even Totti (Balotelli won't forget that kicks). The spotlight and how they deemed the most important figure in Italian football must affected their ego.
Baggio hot headed? Get your fact right
@@hugoboss917 naw, his biopic Il Divin Codino says it all. His feud with Sacchi all down to him. You can deny it with whatever you have, i'm jus basing it on his biography. Sue Netflix and the writer if you know Baggio better lol.
Pretty wrong comment here, "Guten". Vialli for sure has nothing to do with a fantasista, but Baggio and Di natale hot headed is purely ridiculous!!!
Baggio Rocks!
Good video! Cassano really was an amazing talent and the best player Francesco Totti ever played with. You do make some research-mistakes though. 1. Maybe 2009/10 was the first time Sampdoria qualified for the Champions League, but that’s a bit misleading since they played the European Cup-final in 1992 (before it was called ”Champions League”) 2. Italy did not take ”a vital point” against Sweden in Euro 2004. That late Swedish equalizer cost Italy their qualification for the quarterfinals. 3. Spain’s Euro 2012 win was their third.
Sometimes I regret not giving my all and wonder how good I could have been. Then sadly think I was wasted potential. Then I see videos like this and realize it wasn’t that deep 😂
Looking forward to when you do Dele Ali’s in 10 years time
May be sooner than that. Thanks for watching
Lol
Ha fatto una grande carriera! Still a great career !
In realtà no
Avrebbe fatto *, se avesse avuto un cervello normale.
Italy's most talented. No question. And misunderstood. And crazy. Definitely crazy
This channel is going to be big! I accidentally clicked on the video, but I couldn't close it for over 4 minutes...he's such a good story teller.
Still the all time top Italian scorer at Euros (along with Balotelli) - 3 goals :-)
6:43. Confusing wording. Florentino Perez was and still RM’s president but probably you were referring to the coach instead who let him debut.
Cassano in the pitch was a magician, that s a fact
I remember an interview that he gave to a magazine (I think it was FHM), that in a certain hotel, a receptionist gave him chocolate croissants, after he came from sleepless nights. What kept him up at night? Orgies. He ate the croissants, and after that, he would go to the training ground. He was at Real Madrid at the time, if my memory serves me right. But he was a football genius, without a shadow of a doubt.
Was an immense talent. Just racked a disciprine.
Those god damn Mongorians.
@@celticdodge5282 absorutrey. They too rack a disciprine. Always attackin walls n shit
@@derekgray644 This is a true, they tear down my shitty wall every time. .
Intro music please ?
Totti-Cassano best duo ever!!!
Cassano salah satu talenta bagus Italia dan butuh sosok figur yang bisa mengayomi nya seperti Totti dan Capello di Roma.
F A N T A N T O N I O !
Interesting idea to use the soundtrack from The Last of Us here 😉
Downfall? Where/How exactly? Played for some of the biggest teams in the world, scored over 100 goals in the Serie A, represented his country, loads of cash.
The most entertaining footballer ever 😁
"Every man dies....not every man truly lives"
cassano never had a downfall the guy is chaotic and his career is about the same. He did have some stability that period at rome and sampdoira he showed he could be dependable and top class player.
At 14:50 you mention Spain winning their first Euro in 2012 when in fact they defended their 2008 triumph.
I love that you blame his downfall on Nutella. That’s too funny.