well they found Zala guilty of diving, so the guy who got punished for the alleged foul should also be let off....but i see what u mean the system is highly flawed
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Season 2007/08 - Serie A
Number of fouls commited
1 Torino 219
2 Parma 204
3 Fiorentina 200
4 Empoli 197
5 Genoa 193
6 Juventus 192
7 Catania 191
7 Atalanta 191
9 Livorno 181
10 Siena 177
11 Sampdoria 176
12 Udinese 173
13 Palermo 166
13 Napoli 166
15 Reggina 165
16 Internazionale 158
17 Lazio 152
17 Milan 152
19 Cagliari 150
20 Roma 143
Number of yellow cards received
1 Atalanta 34
2 Livorno 28
3 Juventus 27
4 Parma 26
5 Catania 24
5 Genoa 24
5 Torino 24
8 Sampdoria 22
9 Udinese 21
9 Fiorentina 21
9 Napoli 21
12 Lazio 20
13 Palermo 19
13 Empoli 19
15 Roma 17
16 Cagliari 16
16 Milan 16
16 Reggina 16
19 Internazionale 15
19 Siena 15
This is the ratio between commited fouls and yellow cards
1 Atalanta 5,617647059
2 Livorno 6,464285714
3 Juventus 7,111111111
4 Lazio 7,6
5 Parma 7,846153846
6 Napoli 7,904761905
7 Catania 7,958333333
8 Sampdoria 8
9 Genoa 8,041666667
10 Udinese 8,238095238
11 Roma 8,411764706
12 Palermo 8,736842105
13 Torino 9,125
14 Cagliari 9,375
15 Milan 9,5
16 Fiorentina 9,523809524
17 Reggina 10,3125
18 Empoli 10,36842105
19 Internazionale 10,53333333
20 Siena 11,8
Season 2007/08 - Serie A
Number of fouls commited
1 Torino 219
2 Parma 204
3 Fiorentina 200
4 Empoli 197
5 Genoa 193
6 Juventus 192
7 Catania 191
7 Atalanta 191
9 Livorno 181
10 Siena 177
11 Sampdoria 176
12 Udinese 173
13 Palermo 166
13 Napoli 166
15 Reggina 165
16 Internazionale 158
17 Lazio 152
17 Milan 152
19 Cagliari 150
20 Roma 143
Number of yellow cards received
1 Atalanta 34
2 Livorno 28
3 Juventus 27
4 Parma 26
5 Catania 24
5 Genoa 24
5 Torino 24
8 Sampdoria 22
9 Udinese 21
9 Fiorentina 21
9 Napoli 21
12 Lazio 20
13 Palermo 19
13 Empoli 19
15 Roma 17
16 Cagliari 16
16 Milan 16
16 Reggina 16
19 Internazionale 15
19 Siena 15
This is the ratio between commited fouls and yellow cards
1 Atalanta 5,617647059
2 Livorno 6,464285714
3 Juventus 7,111111111
4 Lazio 7,6
5 Parma 7,846153846
6 Napoli 7,904761905
7 Catania 7,958333333
8 Sampdoria 8
9 Genoa 8,041666667
10 Udinese 8,238095238
11 Roma 8,411764706
12 Palermo 8,736842105
13 Torino 9,125
14 Cagliari 9,375
15 Milan 9,5
16 Fiorentina 9,523809524
17 Reggina 10,3125
18 Empoli 10,36842105
19 Internazionale 10,53333333
20 Siena 11,8
Has The Zalayeta Episode Embarrassed Italian Football Again?
The San Paolo soap opera that began on Saturday night took another turn yesterday when Marcelo Zalayeta had his two-game ban for diving revoked.
For those of you who have been living on another planet for the past few days
, let me just give you a quick summary of what has happened.
On Saturday night Napoli faced Juventus in a Serie A game at San Paolo. With the scores level at 1-1, referee Mauro Bergonzi then donated two scandalous penalties to the home side, both of which were converted by Maurizio Domizzi to give the Partenopei a 3-1 win.
The second spot-kick was awarded after Napoli forward Marcelo Zalayeta catapulted himself over Gianluigi Buffon as the goalkeeper came for the ball. There was absolutely no contact between the players.
After the match Juventus were understandably furious by the means with which they had lost the game, and many believe that there is an underhand plot by the league power brokers to make the Old Lady suffer this year.
Conspiracy theories aside – let’s just deal with the Zalayeta issue here.
On Monday the Uruguayan was, after the study of video evidence, banned by the disciplinary commission for two games for diving to win a penalty.
Yesterday, after an appeal by Napoli, the Federal Court decided to quash the suspension, meaning that Zalayeta is now free to play in tonight’s match with Fiorentina and Sunday’s clash with Reggina.
Only in Italy could such a shambolic and chaotic turn of events take place!
The great German philosopher Friedrich Hegel once said that “the only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.”
Never has this been truer when you analyse the past 80-100 years of Calcio. Crisis after crisis has rocked the Italian game, be it the Totonero Scandal in 1980, the Calciopoli Scandal in 2006, or the ‘Missing Championship’ way back in 1927, when Torino unjustly had the Scudetto they had won on the pitch taken away from them.
Unfortunately the Italian league never learns from its mistakes.
The Zalayeta episode, be it on a much smaller scale than all of these big scandals, is just another example of all that is wrong about Italian football. What kind of legal system finds someone so guilty of committing an offence on the Monday that they ban them for two matches, only to find them completely innocent the next day and thus drop all charges?
Having been an Italian football addict since the day I was born I understand that there are certain things in Calcio that will never change – and some may argue that this is part of the attraction. Calcio is like a woman. It may drive you crazy for all its negativity, but you still obsessively love it.
However are all the recent negative events in Serie A turning football lovers away from the Italian game? In the past 18 months alone there has been the Calciopoli crisis, the tragic death of the policeman in Sicily, and most recently the scandalous San Paolo soap opera that began on Saturday night during the Napoli versus Juventus clash.
What are your views? Has the Zalayeta episode embarrassed Italian football again? Do you feel that you are turning away from Serie A due to the constant scandals and negativity? We want to know what YOU think?
by Carlo Garganese
Goal.com
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Who else noted that this guy is posting tens of articles everyday on Goal.com? I wish I had a subordinate in my job like him.
The San Paolo soap opera that began on Saturday night took another turn yesterday when Marcelo Zalayeta had his two-game ban for diving revoked.
For those of you who have been living on another planet for the past few days
, let me just give you a quick summary of what has happened. On Saturday night Napoli faced Juventus in a Serie A game at San Paolo. With the scores level at 1-1, referee Mauro Bergonzi then donated two scandalous penalties to the home side, both of which were converted by Maurizio Domizzi to give the Partenopei a 3-1 win.
The second spot-kick was awarded after Napoli forward Marcelo Zalayeta catapulted himself over Gianluigi Buffon as the goalkeeper came for the ball. There was absolutely no contact between the players.
After the match Juventus were understandably furious by the means with which they had lost the game, and many believe that there is an underhand plot by the league power brokers to make the Old Lady suffer this year.
Conspiracy theories aside – let’s just deal with the Zalayeta issue here.
On Monday the Uruguayan was, after the study of video evidence, banned by the disciplinary commission for two games for diving to win a penalty.
Yesterday, after an appeal by Napoli, the Federal Court decided to quash the suspension, meaning that Zalayeta is now free to play in tonight’s match with Fiorentina and Sunday’s clash with Reggina.
Only in Italy could such a shambolic and chaotic turn of events take place!
The great German philosopher Friedrich Hegel once said that “the only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.”
Never has this been truer when you analyse the past 80-100 years of Calcio. Crisis after crisis has rocked the Italian game, be it the Totonero Scandal in 1980, the Calciopoli Scandal in 2006, or the ‘Missing Championship’ way back in 1927, when Torino unjustly had the Scudetto they had won on the pitch taken away from them.
Unfortunately the Italian league never learns from its mistakes.
The Zalayeta episode, be it on a much smaller scale than all of these big scandals, is just another example of all that is wrong about Italian football. What kind of legal system finds someone so guilty of committing an offence on the Monday that they ban them for two matches, only to find them completely innocent the next day and thus drop all charges?
Having been an Italian football addict since the day I was born I understand that there are certain things in Calcio that will never change – and some may argue that this is part of the attraction. Calcio is like a woman. It may drive you crazy for all its negativity, but you still obsessively love it.
However are all the recent negative events in Serie A turning football lovers away from the Italian game? In the past 18 months alone there has been the Calciopoli crisis, the tragic death of the policeman in Sicily, and most recently the scandalous San Paolo soap opera that began on Saturday night during the Napoli versus Juventus clash.
What are your views? Has the Zalayeta episode embarrassed Italian football again? Do you feel that you are turning away from Serie A due to the constant scandals and negativity? We want to know what YOU think?
by Carlo Garganese
Goal.com
---------------------------------------
Who else noted that this guy is posting tens of articles everyday on Goal.com? I wish I had a subordinate in my job like him.
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