[CL] Djurgarden - Juventus (37 Viewers)
- Thread starter Stu
- Start date
++ [ originally posted by Linfield DIF ] ++
Dont know if theres been any coverage of this in italian press but Capello called the DIF Club director -"Pinocchio" or "finocchio". Not sure.
It was because Juventus asked Djurgården 2 weeks ago to send down the footballs to italy of the same kind as will be used during the game, so they could get familiar with it. And when Juve was training now they got red footballs instead of grey (they had been training with grey ones) so Capello probably thought they had been training with the wrong kind of balls, but it was still the same kind of football, just another colour. The swedish coach replied "we could play with handballs for all we care, it's still the same for both teams".
Capello is said to have been furious.
Dont know if theres been any coverage of this in italian press but Capello called the DIF Club director -"Pinocchio" or "finocchio". Not sure.
It was because Juventus asked Djurgården 2 weeks ago to send down the footballs to italy of the same kind as will be used during the game, so they could get familiar with it. And when Juve was training now they got red footballs instead of grey (they had been training with grey ones) so Capello probably thought they had been training with the wrong kind of balls, but it was still the same kind of football, just another colour. The swedish coach replied "we could play with handballs for all we care, it's still the same for both teams".
Capello is said to have been furious.
****ers
