HE MIGHT not belong to Glasgow, but Rino Gattuso is well aware of our weather.
Which is why the former Rangers player felt like someone had turned the clock back yesterday as more than 5000 fans in Bari braved a torrential downpour to watch the Azzurri train.
Gattuso said: "We were confident about this game but the weather, temperature and the atmosphere are not what we'd like. It will be just like playing in Glasgow.
"This is a big advantage for Scotland. They will play long balls and win headers and so the conditions here will suit them more than they will us.
"We have just trained on the pitch and it is a bad state. It was hard to play the game we like. I hope by kick-off the rain has stopped."
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