Fiorentina Gaffa shows Ljajic who's boss

[LeTallecWiz]

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eHIx-wELkOQ

 

[Fabio]

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Buy him. He's alright.

 

[Woland]

Fiorentina owner Andrea Della Valle: "This was a serious act from a mild-mannered man. We have sacked Rossi. We will say more tomorrow"

 

[Modo]

Sound

Buy him. He's alright.

No, buy Jovetic.

 

[Fabio]

Bit he wasn't lamped

 

[Modo]

Bit he wasn't lamped

True but he might want to leave because his Yugoslav friend got slapped.
Just buy him anyway before Juve does.

 

[keniget]

Thats amazing. What happened?

 

[gene hughes]

I heard/read he was subbed so he gave the manager a sarcastic thumbs up and the manager went for him.

 

[Modo]

Ahhhh.....

I bet you won't clap sarcastically at your next manager.

 

[livvy145]

Meytar Zeevi ‏ @RossoneriBlog
Ljajic reportedly told Delio Rossi (who has a disabled child): "You're more disabled than your son". [via @Ingardia]

 

[King Binny]

The last time a similar incident occurred in Italy came in the 1983-84 season, when Pescara coach Tom Rosati slapped his center forward, Vittorio Cozzella. That incident was cleared up in the changing room immediately after the match, and both coach and player returned the next week with Cozzella scoring.

“It helped me grow up,” said Cozzella, now the sporting director of third-division club Ternana.

Cozzella told the ANSA news agency that the decision to fire Rossi was excessive.

“If you fire the manager then you’ve also got to get rid of the player who provoked the reaction,” he said.

 

[Holle]

Meytar Zeevi ‏ @RossoneriBlog
Ljajic reportedly told Delio Rossi (who has a disabled child): "You're more disabled than your son". [via @Ingardia]

What a prick if that's true.

 

[keniget]

If that's true, it's no wonder he lost it. Sad that it cost him his job as well.

 

[gene hughes]

Yea. I hope it's not the last thump Llalic gets.

 

[Molbystwin]

Meytar Zeevi ‏ @RossoneriBlog
Ljajic reportedly told Delio Rossi (who has a disabled child): "You're more disabled than your son". [via @Ingardia]

Also a rather convenient reason to lose it....I really doubt thats true, whats the source some tweeter??

If it was however then as far as im concerned the coach would have been well within his rights to slap him and should not have been sacked for doing so.

 

[Scotino]

Meytar Zeevi ‏ @RossoneriBlog
Ljajic reportedly told Delio Rossi (who has a disabled child): "You're more disabled than your son". [via @Ingardia]

If that's true, it's an absolutely disgraceful thing Ljajic said/did. All Rossi said to the press yesterday was that he had to defend his family & didn't go into details.

And to think I saw Ljajic last season & wanted Liverpool to sign him. Wouldn't touch him with a barge pole now.

 

[Roopy]

If Ljacic said what he is rumored to have said then the cunt deserves any beating coming his way.

Having said that, Serie A - always provides this sort of crazyness.

It's why I watch it ... Fucking stupid

 

[King Binny]

Adem Ljajic’s father has stated he will press charges against Delio Rossi after the dugout brawl and insists the player did not insult his family.

“Nobody can beat my son,” Satmir Ljajic told Serbian media. “We are shocked and going to Florence to speak with a lawyer so we can press charges against Delio Rossi.”

Today the former Fiorentina Coach held a press conference in which he hinted Ljajic insulted his family, which is what sparked the attack.

“He did not offend the Coach’s family. He said ‘well done maestro, really good move’ and accompanied it with applause.”

However, it is reported that Ljajic cannot press charges under Italian laws because he did not visit hospital after the attack.

 

[King Binny]

Sacked Fiorentina boss Delio Rossi has explained why he attacked one of his own players on the touchline in midweek.

The tactician, subsequently dismissed for his actions, punched Adem Ljajic after a brief verbal exchange following the player’s early substitution.

The former Lazio boss left the Stadio Franchi in silence on Wednesday after the 2-2 draw with Novara, but spoke to the media today.

“It’s hard for me to be here as I’ve come to say goodbye to the city of Florence,” he stated. “I’m not good with words and I’ll just say what I think, even if I’ll keep some thoughts to myself.

“Unfortunately my time here is over, it was an adventure that I still believe in and I thank the Della Valle family.

“I’m saddened about the incident and I say sorry to the people of Florence, my players, the club and Ljajic.”

Although Rossi wouldn’t go into specifics, he did seem to intimate that 20-year-old Ljajic had insulted him and his family.

“I’ve never slapped anyone, but I demand respect for the club I train and my family,” Rossi continued. “That is why I reacted.

“Certain lines should not be crossed. If someone touches my family, I can’t pretend that I didn’t hear it.

“I’ll rightly pay the price as my actions were disgraceful, but they were humanly justifiable.”

The man who replaced Sinisa Mihajlovic earlier in the campaign has been heavily criticised in the media for his actions.

“I want to underline something,” he continued. “I’ve heard some things that have annoyed me. A lot of moralists have made judgements without being there, without knowing my story.

“There is an Indian proverb that says that before making a judgement about a person, you have to walk in their shoes for two days. I believe in that.

“I think words can often cause greater wounds than swords. I’ve never raised my hands to my children, never mind someone else.”

Rossi has been replaced by Vincenzo Guerini for the last two games of the season and the axed tactician has underlined that the club now need to think about safety.

“The boat is almost in the port, but it hasn’t docked yet,” he added.

“The ball is still rolling and what is needed now is that the people of Florence stay close to the squad and the Della Valle family.

“I’ve always said that Coaches and players come and go, but the colours remain.”

 

[King Binny]

Delio Rossi claims Adem Ljajic attacked him in the locker room and is representative of “a generation of over-privileged, unprofessional boys.”

The Coach was fired by Fiorentina on Wednesday evening after he physically attacked Ljajic in an astounding dugout brawl (video), earning him a three-month ban.

“Is my career over? I am considering it and asking myself a thousand questions,” he told Il Giornale newspaper.

“I feel like I am a Coach who is only being borrowed by professional football. Nowadays tactics are the least of my problems. You need to spend most of your time keeping the squad under control and dealing with a generation who don’t have a great sense of being professional.

“They are 20 years old and turn up to training sessions with luxury cars, then you can only talk to them through their agents, while sometimes you find them eating chocolate during the half-time break. It’s not just Ljajic, but a generation of over-privileged boys.”

This could well be a jab at Ljajic, as former Fiorentina Coach Sinisa Mihajlovic famously complained the young Serb was “addicted to chocolate and his computer.”

Rossi had initially refused to reveal details of what sparked their brawl, but is now open to explaining the whole situation at Fiorentina.

“Ljajic has never apologised to me for what he said. In fact, after the Novara game I went into the locker room to tell off my squad for being an arrogant bunch who risked throwing away the match.

“Then I went over to Ljajic and told him he must never again dare to speak to me that way and behave the way he did. He was anything but contrite. In fact, he tried to attack me.

“What did he say when substituted? He showed a lack of respect to me and my family. It wasn’t just a one-off curse either, he reiterated the insults.

“Do you know how many Serbian players I’ve worked with between Lecce, Palermo and Lazio? I often had to dialogue with them in their language to make myself understood.”

Rossi has apologised for his actions, but also slammed those who rushed to condemn him outright.

“Have I ruined the image of Italian football? What about those who sold games for betting syndicates? The footage from Wednesday has gone round the world and now I am a monster, so everyone wants to build the usual show around me. This is football now, but it is not my football.

“I was particularly disheartened by those who said if I had reacted the way I did inside the locker room rather than on the touchline, then it would’ve been better. Is it not the same gesture? In fact, some reactions are understandable in the heat of the moment, whereas afterwards they would be pre-meditated and therefore worse.

“I trained a team of factory workers, builders and farmers near Foggia. Four days a week, three times a day, without heating so we had to use the hairdryer to keep warm in the locker room. I’d like to talk to Ljajic and his colleagues about that.”

Rossi added there are other players he had problems with in his career, namely Javier Ernesto Chevanton at Lecce.

“He was a born contrarian. I decided to do some running and he wanted to play a game between ranks, or I opted for a game and he wanted to run. It was a daily challenge. He knew he was the best in the team, but he was a rebel off the field.

“One night I was informed by a Vice-President that three first team players were spotted in a disco at 2am, one of them was even behind the till handing out tickets. So I phoned the vice-captain and asked if he still wanted me to pick these teammates and risk relegation or leave them out to set an example?

“Chevanton replied: ‘the Vice-President was wrong to tell me to go home, as he embarrassed me in front of everyone.’ I ask you, how can you deal with people like that?”

Rossi was asked what he will do for the rest of the season and possibly beyond.

“I’ll do what I haven’t been able to because of football – pay my bills, do some housework, look after my family.”

 

[Roopy]

The Football Association of Serbia (FSS) has confirmed that national coach Sinisa Mihajlovic has kicked Adem Ljajic off the team for refusing to sing the national anthem.


"Having been informed by Ljajic that he had not sung the Serbian anthem (at a friendly match against Spain on the weekend) for personal reasons and that it will not change, Sinisa Mihajlovic told the player to go back home," the FSS said in a statement.

Fiorentina's Ljajic, a member of Serbia's Muslim minority, can return to the national team "once he informs Mihajlovic that he has changed his attitude", the statement said.

Mihajlovic, sacked as Fiorentina's coach last year, was appointed a week ago as coach of Serbia's national team on a two-year contract.

He made players sign a code of conduct which included them having to sing the national anthem at games.
It caps off a turbulent month for Ljajic, who was attacked by his own club coach during a match in Italy’s Serie A.

The Fiorentina attacking midfielder sarcastically applauded manager Delio Rossi after being substituted, which led Rossi to grab and attempt to punch Ljajić as the pair spilled into the dugou

 

[Mystic]

I can't help but empathise with Rossi, although he shouldn't have acted like he did, he had every right to act in some manor.