Zampa: Paying the Price for Telling it Like it Is
By: Martha | April 27th, 2007
Remember back in February, when our friend Maurizio Zamparini turned the power of his crazy on the referee designator in advance of his team’s match against Milan? At the time, he railed against the choice of official for the match, correctly pointing out that when the man in question (the highly regarded Matteo Trefoloni) presided over Milan’s matches, things tended to work out well for Milan. After the match ended in a tie with Trefoloni awarding Milan a terrible penalty, Zampa’s rant seemed less crazy than prescient.
Needless to say, the powers that be in Serie A were not thrilled to have someone hinting at corruption in their completely pure game and, finally, the punishment has come down: Zampa has been fined £7000 and banned for three months for his words. While this, like everything in Italy, is open to appeal, the severity of the punishment is quite striking, particularly given the League’s general lack of reaction to the “gypsy” fiasco — that wouldn’t have anything to do with the fact that this particular rant came dangerously close to the truth, would it?
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If they’re only just now getting around to dealing with comments before a February match, they may not get to the “gypsy” thing (which happened in March) until next month…
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I know, but there were two official reports lodged IMMEDIATELY after this incident, so you know something was coming. I haven’t read about anything formal being filed about the gypsy thing, have you?
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Not that I recall, but “official reports” is one of those phrases that doesn’t tend to stick in my head. I would have expected them to do something about it, though, if only to prove that they’re taking racism in the game seriously and making an effort. We can’t be the only ones who had a “WTsweetF??” reaction to that incident.
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