Ok, friends, please, let's try to calm down and maybe even borrow from Malesani's attitude. It does us no good to rant and rave. In fact, I deliberately stayed away from these forums for a few days to sort things out for myself. I saw this game, I thought Parma had outplayed Juve,but what do I know I'm only an observer, right? I've seen the replay of the disallowed goal...I don't know, I'm guessing at least 100 times since Sunday evening. I STILL see no reason for it being disallowed. EVERYONE in the area was pushing and shoving everyone else, which is normal in corners. Yes, Fabio's reaction told you that he knew he and his team had just been robbed. It was a wonderful goal he scored. What was goong on behind the scenes? We'll never know. Why did the ref so blatantly hand Juve the title instead of letting it be a fight to the end? Friends, we can't answer that unless some of you out there are in some position of authority in the league itself. I'm mad as h*e*l*l that goal was disallowed! I can tell you what it looks like to a supporter in the USA (and yes, a milanista to boot)--Parma was ROBBED.
Now...what can we do about it? Not a whole hell of a lot sadly. Does htis put a bad stain on Italian soccer. You bet it does. What can teams do about it? My suggestion would be to pick up the attitude of the likes of Malesani (he's so calm in the face of dispute) and even Zaccheroni who rarely if ever picks up any duel others try to level at him. Rise above it, in other words! And I have somethign else I want to say to all my Parma friends here--your team...our team...is going to do good things in the future, I can tell it just by looking at these guys. Be proud of them!