Inter have reacted bitterly to several of the refereeing decisions which helped Juventus narrowly overcome Udinese yesterday. “Their resources know no bounds,” said Nerazzurri President Giacinto Facchetti.
With seven days to go before the ‘Derby of Italy’, the pre-match hype has already begun with Inter all but accusing the Old Lady of buying the title.
Juventus scored an apparently obvious offside goal, Udinese’s Sulley Ali Muntari was sent off for a well-timed tackle and Friulani midfielder José Luis Vidigal was fouled by Fabio Cannavaro as he was about to put the ball into an empty net with just 10 minutes of the game remaining.
After watching the pictures of some of the controversial incidents which swung the match at the Stadio Delle Alpi the way of the League leaders, Facchetti could hardly contain himself.
“When a player is pushed in the area when he is about to score, it’s a penalty,” he fumed. “But as Serse Cosmi says, everyone knows that Juve’s resources know no bounds.”
Then the Inter chief had a few withering words for Juve general director Luciano Moggi, who said on Friday that he had predicted Inter would finish second at the start of the season.
“I’d like to thank him for allowing us to finish behind them,” he jibed. “However, there is also the matter of our match against them - then we will see who finishes where. We have, at least, reached a high level of football now.”
Coach Roberto Mancini also reacted to the Juve result, but chose his words more carefully, using irony to state the obvious without landing himself in hot water.
“There was nothing unusual at all about Del Piero’s goal,” he said sarcastically. “Muntari’s sending off was a sacrosanct decision and there was no foul whatsoever by Cannavaro.
“Cosmi is wrong to complain about it because I don’t think anything untoward took place at the Delle Alpi,” he added.
Mancini then chose to focus on his own side’s fine performance against Chievo rather than the poor refereeing in Turin.
“It’s pleasing to see Inter play like this, with quick passes and one-twos,” he said. “If we were to come second it will at least be an improvement on last season.”
Source: Football Italia
With seven days to go before the ‘Derby of Italy’, the pre-match hype has already begun with Inter all but accusing the Old Lady of buying the title.
Juventus scored an apparently obvious offside goal, Udinese’s Sulley Ali Muntari was sent off for a well-timed tackle and Friulani midfielder José Luis Vidigal was fouled by Fabio Cannavaro as he was about to put the ball into an empty net with just 10 minutes of the game remaining.
After watching the pictures of some of the controversial incidents which swung the match at the Stadio Delle Alpi the way of the League leaders, Facchetti could hardly contain himself.
“When a player is pushed in the area when he is about to score, it’s a penalty,” he fumed. “But as Serse Cosmi says, everyone knows that Juve’s resources know no bounds.”
Then the Inter chief had a few withering words for Juve general director Luciano Moggi, who said on Friday that he had predicted Inter would finish second at the start of the season.
“I’d like to thank him for allowing us to finish behind them,” he jibed. “However, there is also the matter of our match against them - then we will see who finishes where. We have, at least, reached a high level of football now.”
Coach Roberto Mancini also reacted to the Juve result, but chose his words more carefully, using irony to state the obvious without landing himself in hot water.
“There was nothing unusual at all about Del Piero’s goal,” he said sarcastically. “Muntari’s sending off was a sacrosanct decision and there was no foul whatsoever by Cannavaro.
“Cosmi is wrong to complain about it because I don’t think anything untoward took place at the Delle Alpi,” he added.
Mancini then chose to focus on his own side’s fine performance against Chievo rather than the poor refereeing in Turin.
“It’s pleasing to see Inter play like this, with quick passes and one-twos,” he said. “If we were to come second it will at least be an improvement on last season.”
Source: Football Italia
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