Zamparini and Guidolin lose their minds, Foshi does damage control.

By: Rose | March 12th, 2007

Well, if you haven’t already heard from Martha, Guidolin and Zampa have dug themselves into an even deeper hole following yesterday’s game against Fiorentina. And though I always, ALWAYS try to defend this team to my utmost, there is no way I’d be able to back them up on this one. I mean, I could try, but their ‘fiery rosanero temper’ has gone quite a ways this time; Guidolin is now refusing to talk to Viola coach Prandelli, after he was called crazy, and Zampa is being his usual self, illnesses be damned.

Now, while I totally agree with Guidolin about kicking the ball out, and as I have seen this team do it many, many times [Diana even did it earlier in the game, and yes diMichele and Caracciolo have kicked the ball out on a few occasions while near goal for the opposing team], he may have slightly overreacted. For certain, we’ll never know exactly what went down between Prandelli and Guido, but I’m sure it was something big for him to lose his cool like that. Both parties are at fault for this; one for instigating the argument, and the other for letting it continue. What should [ideally] happen is that Guido apologizes for overreacting, and Prandelli apologizes for not saying that they should have maybe put out the ball. But, like I said, ideally, and these guys are Italian, so I’m not holding out for it.

Meanwhile, Zamparini’s gone to a whole new level of ‘crazy things that should never be said to the press’. Our favorite sporting director Foshi, who was carded LAST WEEK and will be out for one month, is stuck doing press clean up. In his interview to StadioNews, he states that Zampa’s words have been twisted around, and that “He is an exceptional person, and understands that his words may have been misunderstood. Today, he did not want to offend the Fiorentina player Mutu, because it is not his style. Zamparini returned home, mulling over his words, stating that they were said without hate, but with a smirk.” And well, if you want to believe Foshi, then yeah, it’s actually not that bad. Because Zampa never said that Mutu was a gypsy, and never said that it was a bad thing. Since, gypsies, in old tales, were known for picking up stray objects, much like a striker has to pick up lost and stray balls to be able to score points. And that whole cunning thing? TOTALLY a compliment. Totally.

And then, realizing that things weren’t going as planned, Zampa tried his hand at some damage control, too.
“As I thought, my words were wrongly interpretated. I did not want to offend Mutu nor the gypsies. I love gypsies, I could never purposely offend them.” LOL Zampa, LOL.

So see world? Zamparini’s not really mean at all. Really. He loves everyone. But will still leave at the end of the season. Sigh.

And this? Totally makes my heart swell with joy. It’s Biava’s take on the whole situation.
“What Mutu did wasn’t exactly a nice thing, but legally, it was allowed and the realistic thing to do. We noticed immediately that Guana was on the floor, and even Mutu was made aware. However, he continued playing with his head low and scored. Did we tell him to stop? Yes, Zaccardo yelled to kick the ball out, while Barzagli and I attempted to stop him, but we ended up sliding. However, just a few minutes earlier, we had put the ball out because we saw him on the ground.”

Um, aw much?