Re: [nas] I hope Italy loses forever

[Jay Hipps <jhipps@wordsandgraphics.com>]

At 10:25 AM -0400 6/19/02, Backslider . wrote:
>I quote:
>"He was a phenomenon only when he played against Italy. I am a 
>nationalist and I regard such behavior not only as an affront to 
>Italian pride but also an offense to a country which two years ago 
>opened its doors to him," Gaucci was quoted as saying.
>
>"I have no intention of paying a salary to someone who has ruined 
>Italian soccer."
><http://espn.go.com/soccer/news/2002/0619/1396579.html>
>
>What the hell was he supposed to do, you ignorant jackass?  Not 
>score so your incredibly fragile macho Italian soccer ego wouldn't 
>get bruised?  I will forever root against Italy from now on.  Whiny 
>bitches.

Ah, but you left off the last sentence of the article:

"A Perugia spokesman said Wednesday the club had virtually decided to 
release Ahn even before the World Cup tie."

That puts it in a different light. They had decided to release the 
guy already, and now they can do it while appearing to be 
nationalistic at the same time. Italy loves drama.

Jay


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