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 to be a jolly jape but ...