Arrigo Sacchi made a public blunder at an award ceremony today after expressing that there were too many black players in the Italian primavera system. A comment which he quickly tried to re-frame after his words went viral and were condemned on social media as racist. Here are the words that got the Italian: “I am not racist and certainly my history as a coach demonstrates this but when I look at the Viareggio Tournament I would say that there are too many black players, even in Primavera teams. Italy is losing dignity and pride, you should not have teams with 15 foreigners.”
The coach later tried to clarify to the “Gazetta dello Sport” what his words saying: “I have been misinterpreted. I just said I have seen a game with a team that fielder four black players. My history is clear as I have coached teams with different coloured players, both in Milan and Madrid. I just wanted to point out that we are losing our national identity.”
Source: FcInterNews.it
I think he’s right in a sense. Not by black players of course but our primavera teams (I know we’re international) snap up the best foreign talents from the world. This may cause problems..
This translates to less italian players and hence has a terrible effect on our national team. Look at England… There are way too many international players there, and you can see that their national team is struggling.
To finish up, yes Sacchi’s comment is wrong in pointing out ‘black’ people. But I believe he was referring to foreign players. It’s hard to teach an old dog how to sit, and Sacchi is from a different era.. If that makes sense..
I too am worried for the future of my national team. Globalisation is upon us, while it is offering teams the opportunity to easier snap up foreign talents it is hurting the quality of our national team.
Suck-cchi!
It is a very unfortunate comment. I hope Inter management don’t get dragged into the low level discussion. By the way, the post with the pictures are brilliant.
now what?
Wher the heck you get this…??? Hahahaha…
internet got all the answer bro.. lol
Best striker in Italy now is black…. so what!! Black, white, red, brown. We are all equal in the eyes of God… When you say (there are to many black players) that’s just simply racist…Don’t try to hide behind your past… that’s a racist comment…
You are just angry that the champions of Italy are not Italian…
What do you expect from a milanista… milan Merda
FORZA INTER
Zaza is miles better than balo
Best striker.. black? Maybe this was true 2012, but today… to be honest I don’t think we even have a good striker. Balotelli is too inconsistent.
Its called inter milan you dumbass, inter stands for international…
It actually stands for Internazionalé, which translates to international of course.
And it’s called Internazionalé Milano not Inter Milan.
Rekt
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sacchi you should be sacked
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/SPORT/Pix/pictures/2011/11/9/1320849856347/Mario-Balotelli-007.jpg
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http://www.quickmeme.com/img/0e/0e17766c9c316fe5ee02630f055feabdc9cae254731013281c323ddb140bbddd.jpg
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u deserve upvote. 🙂
Dumbass
Isn’t balotelli Italian and black? Just because someone is black doesn’t mean they are not Italian.
agree
Italian? WTF you’re kidding right? Balo is from ghana
his nationality is Italy
He should know that nowadays the identity is so fluid. How we define american for example? or Italian itself? The things is how to make a new identity, maybe there’s black italian and not all of them is foreign.
France national team is nothing without Zidane which is immigrant. You better to learn how to communicate Sacchi! or just shut up.
Sure people would misinterpreting such a comment… WTF you expected when you say “black”…???
he should just say foreigners or non-italian players…