And here we are. Malago is a politician. Maldini is a sportsman hired for building and managing a long term project. As soon as he takes a non political decision he’s out. (Pirlo Russian betting site sponsorship is only an excuse to hit Maldini)
I never celebrated Gravina out because there is absolutely no intention to change Italian football.
🚨 PAOLO MALDINI IS RESIGNING AS ITALY’S TECHNICAL DIRECTOR JUST 17 DAYS AFTER TAKING THE JOB. 🇮🇹
The decision comes after his preferred choice, Andrea Pirlo, was blocked from becoming Italy’s next head coach.
With Maldini set to leave, Roberto Mancini is now the favorite to become Italy’s next coach.
📰 Di Marzio
How does this happen procedurally? Pirlo’s sponsorship wasn’t hidden it was already public. So either the Federation misjudged the fallout, or it only became disqualifying to some once he was about to be appointed. If I were Maldini, I’d be questioning my mandate.
Short of cutting his arm off it’s difficult to know what Tarkowski’s supposed to do. Refs told to look for 3 things with handball. Deliberate movement of arm away from body. None. Clear additional arm movement. None. Arm position makes body position bigger & is unjustifiable. No.
The Mallorca players are embarrassing themselves, sitting here trying to make Barca get cards because they lacked discipline in the first 30 minutes of the match.
Racist abuse should lead to a life ban from the stadium. All stadiums. Antoine Semenyo reported being racially abused by somebody in the crowd. Disgusting and dispiriting that a half-hour into the new @premierleague season that a player is allegedly subjected to this. #kickitout
Disappointment for Spurs, letting slip the lead, defeat on pens, but plenty of positives against opponents who eventually played like European champions and had game-changing subs. Positives? Organisation, pressing, system, work-rate, players responding to Thomas Frank. #THFC