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assuming we don't do what we did in the 03/04 season.....
Moratti: This Is Just The Beginning
6/16/2005 4:46:00 PM
The Inter President is euphoric following his side’s win in the Italian cup.
Massimo Moratti is extremely optimistic about the future of his club thanks to the impressive 3-0 aggregate win over Roma in the Coppa Italia final.
“I feel that this is just the beginning and an award to the work done by Mancini who gave more conviction and trust to the players.”
Moratti also spoke about the transfer market.
“There is something we have to arrange, but not a lot, just enough to give more tranquility.”
6/16/2005 4:46:00 PM
The Inter President is euphoric following his side’s win in the Italian cup.
Massimo Moratti is extremely optimistic about the future of his club thanks to the impressive 3-0 aggregate win over Roma in the Coppa Italia final.
“I feel that this is just the beginning and an award to the work done by Mancini who gave more conviction and trust to the players.”
Moratti also spoke about the transfer market.
“There is something we have to arrange, but not a lot, just enough to give more tranquility.”
Sorry to take it off topic, but I didn't want to start a new thread for this, and besides, it's incredible!
With battles between gangs such as Boca Juniors' 'La 12' and River Plate's 'Los Borrachos del Tablon' (The Drunks at the Bar) as common as Sunday-morning vomit on the streets of Britain, players and officials are expected (OK, asked) to behave in exemplary fashion.
But in Tuesday's Libertadores Cup quarter-final between Boca Juniors and Guadalajara, they didn't. Not by a long shot. Which is why Boca boss Jorge Benitez, who spat on an opposition player as the match degenerated into a mass brawl, has been forced to resign.
Trailing 4-0 from the away leg, Boca were eager to score fast but
didn't. By the 79th goalless minute, they were in no mood to see
Guadalajara forward Adolfo Bautista remind the home fans of the score by waving four fingers at them. So several players jumped him. That sparked (isn't it great the way some stories just tell themselves?) an almighty hoopla during which Boca's Martin Palermo - who famously missed three penalties in a single game for Argentina a few years back - head-butted an opponent in the neck. Of all places.
Fans obligingly joined in, heartily lashing all manner of missiles at
the Mexicans. One enraged clown even scaled the five-metre fence to run onto the pitch, punch Bautista and then flee with the help of
as-yet unidentified club officials. As police escorted Bautista away,
a helpful ballboy rushed up to offer him yet another memento of his
trip to Buenos Aires - a thunderous kick in the rear.
Somewhat inevitably, the ref abandoned the match. "The board of
directors have decided to accept the resignation offered by Jorge
Benitez," Boca president Mauricio Macri stammered today. "The game did not finish in the way we wanted and we apologise ... we may suffer footballing defeats, but it should never be in doubt that we are sportsmen, gentlemen and good hosts." Why, who could ever doubt it?
With battles between gangs such as Boca Juniors' 'La 12' and River Plate's 'Los Borrachos del Tablon' (The Drunks at the Bar) as common as Sunday-morning vomit on the streets of Britain, players and officials are expected (OK, asked) to behave in exemplary fashion.
But in Tuesday's Libertadores Cup quarter-final between Boca Juniors and Guadalajara, they didn't. Not by a long shot. Which is why Boca boss Jorge Benitez, who spat on an opposition player as the match degenerated into a mass brawl, has been forced to resign.
Trailing 4-0 from the away leg, Boca were eager to score fast but
didn't. By the 79th goalless minute, they were in no mood to see
Guadalajara forward Adolfo Bautista remind the home fans of the score by waving four fingers at them. So several players jumped him. That sparked (isn't it great the way some stories just tell themselves?) an almighty hoopla during which Boca's Martin Palermo - who famously missed three penalties in a single game for Argentina a few years back - head-butted an opponent in the neck. Of all places.
Fans obligingly joined in, heartily lashing all manner of missiles at
the Mexicans. One enraged clown even scaled the five-metre fence to run onto the pitch, punch Bautista and then flee with the help of
as-yet unidentified club officials. As police escorted Bautista away,
a helpful ballboy rushed up to offer him yet another memento of his
trip to Buenos Aires - a thunderous kick in the rear.
Somewhat inevitably, the ref abandoned the match. "The board of
directors have decided to accept the resignation offered by Jorge
Benitez," Boca president Mauricio Macri stammered today. "The game did not finish in the way we wanted and we apologise ... we may suffer footballing defeats, but it should never be in doubt that we are sportsmen, gentlemen and good hosts." Why, who could ever doubt it?
