Article: Football: Maldini shirt row hurt me more because of my respect for Bobby Gould Says ROBBIE SAVAGE; COUNTDOWN TO WALES v ITALY SIX DAYS TO EURO 2004 CRUNCH GAME 'This has to be the best Wales side since 1958'.(Sport)

Byline: JOE BERNSTEIN

WHATEVER Robbie Savage does to prepare for the Italians next Wednesday, you can bet his routine won't include tossing away Del Piero's shirt like an old rag.

Few players have had to grow up so suddenly and publicly as Savage, whose last encounter with the Azzurri four years ago became famous for all the wrong reasons.

Egged on by a filming Sky TV interviewer in the build-up to the game at Anfield, Savage grabbed a replica shirt bearing the name of their legendary defender Paolo Maldini and threw it away.

It was meant ...

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