Rise and Rise of Rino Leaves Mentor Smith Pleasantly Surprised

The ScotsmanJuly 07, 2006

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WALTER Smith has admitted he will be sending a pre-World Cup final good luck text to Rino Gattuso, the player who Italian sports journalists say went to Scotland an Italian and returned a Scot.

He certainly returned with a Scot, having married his long-term girlfriend Paula Romano, whom he met while in Glasgow when playing for Rangers. This Sunday in Berlin, those days of being shunted aside to make way for the likes of Sergio Porrini while at Ibrox will seem an age away when he engages in combat with Zinedine Zidane in the final of the World Cup.

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Rise and Rise of Rino Leaves Mentor Smith Pleasantly Surprised

The label placed on him by his sportswriting compatriots was meant to be flattering, even if it exposed what others think Scots are reputed to be - fiercely competitive but limited in the ...

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