Valencia's Gennaro Gattuso showed why he's one of football's scariest men vs Osasuna

Gennaro Gattuso is one of the most intimidating players in football history.

Both revered and feared for his combative style that channeled crunching tackles and an indefatigable work rate, Gattuso certainly made up for what he might have lacked in the technical department with pure blood, sweat and tears.

If you were lining up in midfield against Gattuso during his AC Milan prime then you could rest assured that you were in for one of the toughest 90 minutes of your career.

As such, you can imagine that Gattuso must be a pretty fierce customer in the dressing room, too, now that he’s swapped taking to the field for dictating matters from the side of it.

The 44-year-old has enjoyed a pretty strong coaching career so far having recently taken Napoli to Coppa Italia glory, while also having spent 83 games at the helm of his beloved AC Milan.

Now, Gattuso finds himself in the technical area of Spanish giants Valencia, who he has hitherto lifted to fifth in La Liga with a mixed record of four wins, one draw and three defeats.

Nevertheless, one of those four triumphs came as recently as Friday night as Valencia won 2-1 at Osasuna courtesy of goals from Justin Kluivert and Mouctar Diakhaby.

And while on paper that sounds like a fabulous evening for Diakhaby by way of scoring the winning goal, it’s fair to say that things weren’t entirely plain sailing for the 25-year-old at the El Sadar Stadium.

That’s because the Guinea defender didn’t just find the back of the net, but he also found himself taking an early bath as he was sent off for a second yellow card in the 89th minute.

Only, the remarkable thing is that Diakhaby was actually sitting on the bench at the time, having already been substituted in a stormy match that also