Comments on: Zamparini has Officially Lost his Damn Mind

By: Zampa is Bringing Crazy Back - Serie A - The Offside - Soccer News and Opinion from leagues around the world

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:01:01 +0000

[...] He’s mad as a hatter. Usually it’s a charming sort of mad, but it also sometimes descends into racism, which is unsettling (unless it’s saying he doesn’t trust the French because of Raymond [...]

By: Lazio Fans: Again With the Racist Chants - Lazio - The Offside - Serie A Italian Football Blog

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:04:44 +0000

[...] to hurl abuse at the striker, calling him a “gypsy” (the knowledgeable racist’s insult of choice for Romanians) and engaging in anti-Romanian chants. Yes, Mutu did make a bad tackle the moment he entered the [...]

By: cosmin

cosmin — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:32:17 +0000

typical italian style to speak out of their ass

By: rose

rose — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:47:07 +0000

go see the damage control. no, really. it might be one of the best things zamparini has ever said. EVER.

By: waleed

waleed — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:14:03 +0000

Wow! For a club president to say something so hateful is disturbing. Zampa was always a crazy cook though and we all enjoyed his all too frequent harmless outbursts. But, as much as we like him for it I think the late Fachetti (RIP) said it best when he said that knowing how to hold your tongue is not a commodity that can be found on the shelves of a supermarket.

By: Stef

Stef — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:26:38 +0000

Ugh, unfortunately it reads pretty badly in the Italian, too. Man, I love me some Zampa, but wow. Iiii think I'm just going to replay the Cavani goal ~~thirty~~ a couple times and salivate into oblivion, if you don't mind. (I'm just hoping that perhaps he's still delirious from being ill over the weekend. Representing a team whose made strides against the region's own stereotypes with this? Ummm...I liked press silence better :\)

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:56:26 +0000

Satine, much as I wish that were the case, I don’t see a way for Zamparini saying a player acted like a gypsy to be anything but racist.

By: Satine

Satine — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:38:59 +0000

I always tend to defend people or I’m hopelessly naive but maybe he didn’t mean it like “that”. There is still the possibility that this was a translation mistake (yes, I know it’s unlikely but still…).

But I have to agree that there is a lot of latent racism in this sport.

By: Martha

Martha — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:26:47 +0000

It's been a particularly depressing 36 hours or so, if you combine this and Stephen Makinwa's accusation that Reggina’s Salvatore Aronica hit him with a racial slur in yesterday's game.

By: tmc

tmc — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:20:35 +0000

This is a good chance to take a stand, obviously racism has no place in the game, especially coming from someone in Zamparini’s position. But it is unfortunately far too prevalent both in Italy and in European football in general.