[FML] Serie A 2009/2010 (27 Viewers)

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[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Juve, Inter, Roma and Lazio all fined[/FONT]

Monday 7 December, 2009​

[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]The League's disciplinary commissioner has fined Juventus, Inter, Roma and Lazio after a fiery weekend in Serie A.

The Bianconeri were in trouble last week when a section of their fans sang distasteful chants about Mario Balotelli.

Those chants were heard again during Saturday's Derby d'Italia, prompting the League's disciplinary commissioner to fine Juventus another €25,000.

Inter weren't beyond reproach either, getting a €15,000 fine after a number of their supporters let off flares and paper bombs at the Olimpico.

Roma and Lazio were punished much more severely for the same offence after the actions of fans in the Tribuna Tevere led to the Derby della Capitolina being suspended for eight minutes in the first half.

Both teams will have to pay €40,000 each.

The commissioner's work was done there either, as he dolled out bans for various players.

Antonio Di Natale and Cristiano Lucarelli have been banned for two matches while Felipe Melo, Walter Samuel, Sulley Muntari and a whole host of others will miss next weekend's round of games.
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Some sports journalists bitched and moaned that the derbies this weekend showed that Serie A is still something of an embarassment, blah blah blah. Unfortunately, they miss the spirit and passion that came out at these matches.

This weekend -- and not just the Juve-Inter match -- offered a lot of what I thought was great about Serie A. For one, that it isn't some sanitized, soulless cash machine made to part wealthy eunuchs from their money.

We've already got the EPL for that, and we don't need another one.

 

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[Nicholas]

One of the things I adore about Italy is the passion. I certainly don't want it to turn into the prawn sandwich brigade like at Old Trafford. The Rome derby was awesome last night, showed truly what a derby atmosphere should be like.

 

[X Æ A-12]

prawn sandwich brigade?

 

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I don't like either Roma nor Lazio, but you really had a sense of how big a match it was, how the players celebrated, etc. That much was well done. Without passion, the sport is dead.

 

[Red]

Kyle, It's a Roy Keane-ism for the fans on corporate packages who do nothing to help the atmosphere in a ground.

 

[Ahmed]

the passion and drama part is right, but one can't deny that the quality of football was quite bad

 

[X Æ A-12]

Kyle, It's a Roy Keane-ism for the fans on corporate packages who do nothing to help the atmosphere in a ground.

k

the passion and drama part is right, but one can't deny that the quality of football was quite bad

That has been a constant with numerous big Serie A matches this season

 

[Ahmed]

and that sucks

 

[X Æ A-12]

Agreed

 

[Nicholas]

Kyle, It's a Roy Keane-ism for the fans on corporate packages who do nothing to help the atmosphere in a ground.

I should of made it clearer. Cheers for the analysis.

 

[swag]

the passion and drama part is right, but one can't deny that the quality of football was quite bad

It's definitely been better...

 

[X Æ A-12]

Has anybody seen the goal that Ascoli gave Reggina? I can't recall seeing a similar occurrence anywhere

 

[Red]

Has anybody seen the goal that Ascoli gave Reggina? I can't recall seeing a similar occurrence anywhere

It's happened once or twice in the lower leagues in England.

 

[Ahmed]

link/description?

 

[X Æ A-12]

About 50 seconds in is the goal

 

[Ahmed]

thank you kindly, young sir.

 

[Osman]

Thats nice and all, but pretty stupid to do, its up to the ref to stop play if someone is down, its not foul play to continue and score, should defend until the ref rules.

 

[v1rtu4l]

amazing run i gotta say ! left all defenders for dead ... ha ha

 

[GordoDeCentral]

theres way too much crying in football... seriously

 

[swag]

Has anybody seen the goal that Ascoli gave Reggina? I can't recall seeing a similar occurrence anywhere

Yep. Saw it. Ascoli fans also wanted to kill their players, given that they're in a relegation battle.

The opening discussion on La Giostra on Sunday was contrasting that match with the Buffon brawl at the Olimpico.

Thats nice and all, but pretty stupid to do, its up to the ref to stop play if someone is down, its not foul play to continue and score, should defend until the ref rules.

That ignores all the acts where people clear the ball as fair play. Still, like Deneb sez, there's too much whining and moaning and ankle-grabbing in the league to justify most of it.