Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi spoke about his life and career.
The midfielder has long been famous for his "love" to receive cards.
"At first I had really terrible relations with the arbitrators. I was a headache for them again and again. But this was also affected by the fact that the judges really harmed us. Over the years, this does not happen again, "- began Daniele.
"I remember several times when we were coached by Luciano Spalletti and we went second after Inter, it was dazzlingly obvious to me. So I started the matches already furious. I had the slightest spark to remove me. After that, the arbitrators began to be wary of me in the first place. Now everything is better - we know each other and learn from mistakes ".
"There were enough red cards in my career. I must admit, almost always they were deserved. Although in some cases the arbitrators were cruel to me ".
The most famous red in De Rossi's career was earned at the 2006 World Cup when he struck an opponent with an elbow in a match against the United States (1: 1).
"The first few days I felt terrible. I did not expect that I will be given a four-legged suspension. Of course, there was a rough foul, but I think they went too far. I think FIFA decided to teach me a lesson. Do not they give an elbow for 2 matches usually? ".
"Four matches meant that I can only play in the final. The first couple of days, Marcello Lippi did not even talk to me. He was harsh, but fair. Right after the semifinals, he told me to prepare, I was going to play ".
Daniele went on to replace the victorious final against the French and scored the third penalty in the post-match series.
"I still see everything before my eyes, I get goose bumps from this. All these flashes of phones lit up the field when I was going to beat a penalty. This can be seen only at concerts ".
The victory at the World Cup was the only important trophy in the career of De Rossi. At the club level, he did not win anything.
"There are two matches that I would outplay. The first - against Sampdoria, when we were coached by Claudio Ranieri. At the end of the 2009/10 season there were only a few tours, we were 1 point ahead of the incredible Inter. We led with Samp 1: 0 ...
Play 20 such games - and you will win in 19 of them. But at that time we lost 1: 2 and eventually finished second, giving Inter 2 points ".
"The second - the finale of Euro 2012. I still imagine what would have happened if I had not been injured. I do not know, maybe we would not have won, but at least I could help my team ".
De Rossi tomorrow, February 21, will try to help the "wolves" in the away match of the 1/8 finals of the Champions League against Shakhtar.