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Casiraghi: Balotelli is infuriating!
Tuesday 10 February, 2009
Under-21 Coach Pierluigi Casiraghi has blasted Mario Balotelli for his training no-show. “He’s infuriating. I don’t know if it’s his last chance.”
The Inter striker was out partying on Sunday night and overslept, missing the flight to join the Azzurrini in Trieste, so he turned up three and a half hours late.
At the time the tactician had glossed over the incident, but as Balotelli has a history of not taking training seriously enough at Inter, Casiraghi decided to take a stand.
“Seeing a lad of his talent who at 18 behaves like this both with the national team and his club is infuriating.
“I hope he changes for his own good. I spoke to him for a long time and I hope he understood, but I’m not sure that he did.”
Jose Mourinho had frozen the starlet out of his squad for several weeks over “disciplinary reasons” and welcomed him back at the weekend for the 3-0 win over Lecce, but he may not have learned his lesson.
“Italy are not a club, so if you have one chance then you have to make the most of it,” continued an irate Casiraghi.
“The fact he remained in the squad was my own choice. It is the first time he has made a mistake with us and I always give people a second chance. I don’t know if it’s his last one, though.”
Italy’s Under-21 side will take on Sweden in a friendly on Wednesday evening.
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More Balo grief
Tuesday 10 February, 2009
Under-21 Coach Pierluigi Casiraghi has blasted Mario Balotelli for his training no-show. “He’s infuriating. I don’t know if it’s his last chance.”
The Inter striker was out partying on Sunday night and overslept, missing the flight to join the Azzurrini in Trieste, so he turned up three and a half hours late.
At the time the tactician had glossed over the incident, but as Balotelli has a history of not taking training seriously enough at Inter, Casiraghi decided to take a stand.
“Seeing a lad of his talent who at 18 behaves like this both with the national team and his club is infuriating.
“I hope he changes for his own good. I spoke to him for a long time and I hope he understood, but I’m not sure that he did.”
Jose Mourinho had frozen the starlet out of his squad for several weeks over “disciplinary reasons” and welcomed him back at the weekend for the 3-0 win over Lecce, but he may not have learned his lesson.
“Italy are not a club, so if you have one chance then you have to make the most of it,” continued an irate Casiraghi.
“The fact he remained in the squad was my own choice. It is the first time he has made a mistake with us and I always give people a second chance. I don’t know if it’s his last one, though.”
Italy’s Under-21 side will take on Sweden in a friendly on Wednesday evening.
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More Balo grief
Deloitte released their annual review for football finance.
1) Real Madrid 365,8
2) Manchester United 324,8
3) Barcellona 308,8
4) Bayern Monaco 295,3
5) Chelsea 268,9
6) Arsenal 264,4
7) Liverpool 210,9
8) Milan 209,5
9) Roma 175,4
10) Inter 172,9
11) Juventus 167,5
12) Olympique Lyonnais 155,7
13) Schalke 04 148,4
14) Tottenham 145
15) Amburgo 127,9
16) Olympique Marseille 126,8
17) Newcastle 125,6
18) Stoccarda 11,5
19) Fenerbahce 111,3
20) Manchester City 104
http://www.corrieredellosport.it/Notizie/Calcio/58108/Il+Milan+è+il+club+più+ricco+d'Italia
This was for the 07/08 season, hence y were so low (no CL). It's pretty good when compared with Inter and Roma though, who were in CL and didn't make that much more.
1) Real Madrid 365,8
2) Manchester United 324,8
3) Barcellona 308,8
4) Bayern Monaco 295,3
5) Chelsea 268,9
6) Arsenal 264,4
7) Liverpool 210,9
8) Milan 209,5
9) Roma 175,4
10) Inter 172,9
11) Juventus 167,5
12) Olympique Lyonnais 155,7
13) Schalke 04 148,4
14) Tottenham 145
15) Amburgo 127,9
16) Olympique Marseille 126,8
17) Newcastle 125,6
18) Stoccarda 11,5
19) Fenerbahce 111,3
20) Manchester City 104
http://www.corrieredellosport.it/Notizie/Calcio/58108/Il+Milan+è+il+club+più+ricco+d'Italia
This was for the 07/08 season, hence y were so low (no CL). It's pretty good when compared with Inter and Roma though, who were in CL and didn't make that much more.
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