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 Jul 2 2006, 06:07 PM
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Primavera  Group: Moderators Posts: 23,206 Joined: 20-November 05 From: Athens, Hellas Member No.: 911  |
Italy's captain Fabio Cannavaro has responded to the publication in the German news weekly Der Spiegel of a satirical World Cup-related column on its website about the Azzurri
Entitled `Oiled up and greasy,' the article referred to Italians as 'parasitical forms of life'. Although the article was later withdrawn and an apology posted on the website, it caused outrage in Italy, where the daily newspaper, La Stampa, declared: "Italian parasites - that is how Der Spiegel prepares for the semi-final." Replying exclusively through his official website www.fabiocannavaro.com, produced by Goal.com, the Italy and Juventus skipper said: “As an Italian and captain of the national team, I feel offended by the way the German newspapers have described the players of our nation. I believe that the stereotypes with which we are represented are part of an old culture and too abused, which instead should be removed once and for all. And I’m surprised that all of this occurs in such a civilized country like Germany. “Italy is a very nice country, made of serious, clean and honest people, who have always carried our flag with honour our flag in the world. And in all of this, Italian footballers are no less professional than their German colleagues, as we have shown with our behaviour in this competition, on and off the pitch. “I hope, as an Italian, that I will not have to be outraged by the declarations of someone who thinks he’s funny, or in search of a bit of publicity at low cost, and who dares to offend a national team that has made serious professionalism one of its main cardinal elements.†It has been a difficult few weeks for the Italian World Cup squad. Many of the players are connected to the clubs being investigated by the calciopoli for alleged wrongdoing, and they have been representing their country at the World Cup in Germany against that background of scandal and suspicion. But they have shown unity and determination in progresing to the quarter-finals. However, their mental toughness has been further tested by this week's shocking news of Gianluca Pessotto's serious injuries following what appears to have been a suicide attempt in Turin. Cannavaro and his Juventus colleagues have been particularly distressed by what has happened to their friend. Then came the Der Spiegel article. Another member of the Italian squad, Milan defender Alessandro Nesta said when asked about the offending article: "They criticise us for how we are but then they want to dress and eat like us. There is a bit of envy." The disparaging tone of the article and the reaction to it have raised the temperature ahead of a possible semi-final meeting between the two nations. That meeting will become reality if Italy beat Ukraine and Germany beat Argentina in Friday's quarter-finals. If it does, it will be a replay of the 1982 World Cup final in Spain - when Italy beat West Germany 3-1 to lift the trophy for the third time. Goal.com |
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Jul 2 2006, 06:08 PM
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Primavera Group: Moderators Posts: 23,206 Joined: 20-November 05 From: Athens, Hellas Member No.: 911 |
nice gesture ............... (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)
Anyway tomorrow is (hopefully) the big day for Italian football ........ (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) |
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Jul 2 2006, 09:09 PM
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Insert cool title here<-- Group: Moderators Posts: 4,121 Joined: 7-May 06 From: Berlin, Germany Member No.: 1,792 |
I think I need to say some things about this incident.
First of all, we germans all respect the italian culture and their players. No person I know ever made jokes about the personality of Italian players (though no one here likes Pippo, but that's because of his diving skills). The italian players are wrong if they think this arcticle is representative for the point of view of us germans. On the other hand I've seen no one here mentioning that "La Republica" is accusing Torsten Frings of beeing involved in the fight after our match vs. Argentina. I think this is not the best style as well... |
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Jul 2 2006, 09:22 PM
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Primavera Group: Moderators Posts: 23,206 Joined: 20-November 05 From: Athens, Hellas Member No.: 911 |
QUOTE (LaPalma @ Jul 2 2006, 11:09 PM) On the other hand I've seen no one here mentioning that "La Republica" is accusing Torsten Frings of beeing involved in the fight after our match vs. Argentina. I think this is not the best style as well...  I'm not defending the Italians or any newspaper but why is that bad?I mean, a number of players were involved anyway... (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/huh.gif) |
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Jul 2 2006, 09:30 PM
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Insert cool title here<-- Group: Moderators Posts: 4,121 Joined: 7-May 06 From: Berlin, Germany Member No.: 1,792 |
QUOTE (dst @ Jul 2 2006, 08:22 PM) I'm not defending the Italians or any newspaper but why is that bad?I mean, a number of players were involved anyway... (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/huh.gif) It's obviously a step to weaken Germany ( well not obvious but, it's not very unapparent), and why is "La Republica" the only newspaper in the entire world that has seen Frings beeing involved in the fight? "La Republica" is now forsing the FIFA to make a decision about this case before friday...we'll they really want to win fair (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) Btw...I don't think Italy is in need of such abad style, they could also win on the field, but hey..if that's what they want. If Frings is missing, OK, Kehl will take his place or Borowski, and everyone else will try to do even better than before. |
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Jul 2 2006, 09:36 PM
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Primavera Group: Moderators Posts: 23,206 Joined: 20-November 05 From: Athens, Hellas Member No.: 911 |
QUOTE (LaPalma @ Jul 2 2006, 11:30 PM) It's obviously a step to weaken Germany ( well not obvious but, it's not very unapparent), and why is "La Republica" the only newspaper in the entire world that has seen Frings beeing involved in the fight? "La Republica" is now forsing the FIFA to make a decision about this case before friday...we'll they really want to win fair (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) Btw...I don't think Italy is in need of such abad style, they could also win on the field, but hey..if that's what they want. If Frings is missing, OK, Kehl will take his place or Borowski, and everyone else will try to do even better than before. Hey don't accuse Italians for what's written in a newspaper.That way why should I believe in you when you tell me that what Der Spiegel wrote is not Germany's public opinion regarding Italians? This is obviously the press' stupid hobby to balloon everything up and you shouldn't take it that seriously.... |
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Jul 2 2006, 09:43 PM
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Insert cool title here<-- Group: Moderators Posts: 4,121 Joined: 7-May 06 From: Berlin, Germany Member No.: 1,792 |
QUOTE (dst @ Jul 2 2006, 08:36 PM) Hey don't accuse Italians for what's written in a newspaper.That way why should I believe in you when you tell me that what Der Spiegel wrote is not Germany's public opinion regarding Italians? This is obviously the press' stupid hobby to balloon everything up and you shouldn't take it that seriously.... Guess you're right (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Still, I doN#t like the style of both newspapers. "La Republica" AND "Der Spiegel". |
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Jul 2 2006, 09:48 PM
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Primavera Group: Moderators Posts: 23,206 Joined: 20-November 05 From: Athens, Hellas Member No.: 911 |
QUOTE (LaPalma @ Jul 2 2006, 11:43 PM) Guess you're right (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Still, I doN#t like the style of both newspapers. "La Republica" AND "Der Spiegel". then read them just for fun from now on ... (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) It was my mistake to post this article in the first place .... However did you read Gattuso's comment on it? "I don’t know if the editor of Der Spiegel has some sort of problem because he got beaten up by an Italian as a child or his wife has been cheating on him with an Italian Stallion. I can’t explain it otherwise!" Hilarious (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) |
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Jul 2 2006, 10:01 PM
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Insert cool title here<-- Group: Moderators Posts: 4,121 Joined: 7-May 06 From: Berlin, Germany Member No.: 1,792 |
QUOTE (dst @ Jul 2 2006, 08:48 PM) then read them just for fun from now on ... (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) It was my mistake to post this article in the first place .... However did you read Gattuso's comment on it? "I don’t know if the editor of Der Spiegel has some sort of problem because he got beaten up by an Italian as a child or his wife has been cheating on him with an Italian Stallion. I can’t explain it otherwise!" Hilarious (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) Hihi...you can't say that gattuso is not a funny guy (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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