Great Players Can Always Play Together - Novellino

Torino coach Walter Novellino is in confident and enthuasiastic mood ahead of his team's match against Rimini in the third round of the Coppa Italia (3-2). The intention is to put out the best formation possible for this match, the coach revealed, and he also talked about the possibility of signing Alvaro Recoba from Inter.

"I'm a down to earth person," Novellino said in today's press conference, "and I don't think my team will be distracted tomorrow. Recoba? I'm flattered by the fact that he wants to wear Torino's shirt to have the chance of being coached by me. I'm certainly not the first who has noticed his talent.

"I don't think he would become a double for Rosina. As 'The Baron' Liedholm used to say: great players can always play together. That should give you an indication of what I think of Recoba as a player..."