Miranchuk’s “war”, Vlahovic’s return to Florence, the trap of the derby, Maldini’s reasons, Napoli’s ambition, the “weekly turncoats”. And the follies of the var
We are at war. War is what forces Atalanta player Miranchuk to feel ashamed for scoring a goal. He scores in Atalanta-Sampdoria, lowers his gaze, is embraced by his teammates. He has nothing to do with it, he only pays to be born in the land controlled by a reckless madman.
World sport is isolating Russia and, it must be said, it is good. The Russian athletes (and even the Belarusian ones) pay for their faults, but the choices of Uefa, FIFA, Euroleague and above all the IOC (among others) are not only necessary, they are also the only ones that make sense : you have to hit the foolish fool in all possible ways, the sport uses its own. And the athletes, innocent, have only one subject to blame. That’s right, the usual reckless fool.
And, therefore, for once “good” at the leaders of the sport, it took a while to make courageous decisions but, finally, they got there. And they have also chosen to cut ties with Gazprom and its millions, a decision that is not at all obvious and, at the same time, a duty.
We are at war, we said, and war bastards every article, post, opinion that does not have the sensitivity to understand that no, talking about banal football is impossible at the moment, but if you then try to say your poor opinion on what happens in Ukraine “well, no, shut up, limit yourself to football”. So ok, let’s talk about football.
The derby will be played tonight. Some say “what a nuisance”, better think about the championship. Dance. Tonight’s match is very important for Milan and it is very important for Inter. And the reason is simple: half final is worth, the thing that risks making you open the bulletin board; it is worth so much more optimism, that kind of adrenaline indispensable if you come from a month of unsatisfactory results; worth the glory of a victory in the derby, which is always anything but an ordinary match. To stop.
Ah, here, the Italian Cup. The away goals will be worth double this evening and tomorrow evening. The Coppa Italia will adapt to international regulations starting from next season. And this for a matter of great consistency: the Italian Cup and who manages it the representatives of the competition less in step with the times of the entire continent. Well done.
Five things on the fly and bye-bye.
1. Maldini is right to get angry, because it is wrong to take it “ad minchiam” with the referees, but only if you do not go beyond logic. The other day Milan played a bad game, but if the referees and especially the varists did their job, today they should have had more points. The champions are also won by taking home “very dirty” 1-0. And so yes, Maldini did well to put the dots on the “i”.
2. Why do varists not “wander”? Simple, because even today it has been chosen to leave total autonomy to the whistles of the field and woe to question them. Until it is decided that those in front of the monitors must have greater rights than those who sweat on the pitch, we will always live grotesque.
3. Thiago Motta made a mistake and he knows it well. The pissing on the pitch for the resistance of Spezia – well executed and knocked down with a second from the end – must not leave room for declaring illogical: the one on Zaniolo is a foul in this and that world. At the limit we discuss the expulsion of Amian, that yes leaves us several doubts.
4. Napoli played a big game, those who bring points and exalt you in the best sense of the term. And, therefore, yes, Spalletti and his are very serious candidates to win the Scudetto. But so are Milan and Inter. And instead we find ourselves every week telling different stories, saying that “the one will win and the other one can’t take it anymore”, only to change our minds the following week. The truth is that in our Serie A there are no perfect teams and that is why, at the moment, it is impossible to say who will win the tricolor. On the contrary, let’s make sure that Juve and Atalanta also join the suitors’ club: they have very little hope, but definitely not “zero hope”.
5. Here, Juve. Tomorrow he goes to Florence. And he goes there with his very bright star, Vlahovic. And Vlahovic goes back to where he grew up. And we well know what awaits him, certainly not a Rio Carnival-style atmosphere. And we hope that everything is limited to a few rattles, because the fact is one: Vlahovic is a Juve player because he chose the black and white, but also and above all because the purple property has legitimately chosen to collect a great swag. . And he did well. At the limit, if anything, he had to spare himself the previous dialectic, that of the club that would never have bowed to the overwhelming power of Juventus. Here, that thing there wasn’t really necessary.
Goodnight to the players.
Sal. Koopmeiners is strong as a hyena. And we do not say it because he saved our buttocks in three out of three Fantasy Soccer, just n. Giant Teun.