Jeez, Journalists are So Mean!
By: Martha | March 29th, 2007
In the wake of yesterday’s decisive win over Scotland, much of the Italy camp has taken the opportunity to thumb their noses as the doubters in the press who had the audacity to question The Great Donadoni prior to the match.
Rino Gattuso, for example, managed to work his disgruntlement over the fact that “in Italy games are played in newspapers first before the pitch” into his post-game press conference (right before he mentioned that he’d look like “King Kong” in a kilt — it’s safe to say the interview was fairly wide-ranging). Donadoni, oddly enough, said almost exactly the same thing — “Unfortunately, in Italy we like to play out matches on the pages of the newspapers before we do on the field” — in his press conference. Hmm. Perhaps he handed around a sheet of talking points for the team? The idea of anyone being on the same wavelength as Gattuso is a bit disturbing, so I’m hoping it’s not that.
Marco Materazzi, for his part, played the old, reliable us-against-the-world card, telling the press their endless sniping actually helped the players: “It is true we’d be better without this criticism, but at least it fires us up. It’s a shame you think we need to be motivated this way, but criticism has to be constructive, otherwise it’s just damaging.” So there, evil journalists. (He clearly forgot about the “games played in the papers” line, but the overall effect was probably good enough.)
Really, isn’t this sort of scrutiny inevitable? You play for Italy, for the love of God! The national team is one of the few things that unites the country, and given the passion people have for calcio, they’re not exactly going to sit quietly and watch points slip away. Just quit yer bitchin’ and love where you are. (And if that doesn’t work, try calling Steve McClaren and John Terry — they can tell you what it’s like to really have problems with the press.)
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Watched the game yesterday (yes, took the afternoon off of work, but it was my birthday) with me, my cousin and 50 or so Scotsman at what was apparently the only soccer bar in Chicago showing the game as all the rest focused on Ireland and England. They lost signal from the 5th to the 15th or so minute. Classic fashion, we predicted it’d be one-nil when it came back on.
Looked to me as though gli Azzurri dominated for the most part. Di Natale needs an adjustment. Point blank, no excuse for 2. Although, his speed is what set him up in the first place. Needs to finish though. All in all, awesome.
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Happy birthday, Muddia! What a kickass way to celebrate (apart from all the Scots).
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Grazie Martha. And yes it was. The game was better than the concert I went to last night.
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