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Italian team drops pants to score

D

Deisler

Red Card [Being a douche] exp. 22/1/06
ROME (AP) -- In the latest fashion statement out of Italy, soccer players are dropping their shorts to score goals.

Catania, a team in the country's top division, unveiled the new look while taking a free kick. The players lined up in a wall and dropped their shorts in an effort to block the goalkeeper's vision.

The Sicilian team carried out the maneuver to perfection Sunday. Three players dropped their shorts practically to their knees so Torino goalie Matteo Sereni couldn't see the kick by Giuseppe Mascara, who scored during Catania's 3-2 victory.

Catania is coached by Walter Zenga, a former goalkeper on Italy's national team.

"This is a strategy that Zenga tries continually in training," Pietro Lo Monaco, the club's chief executive, told RAI state radio Monday.

Former referees coordinator Paolo Casarin called the move "unsportsmanlike and in bad taste."

"It's a trick that should not be tolerated anymore by the referees," he said.

Lo Monaco replied: "A trick? I wouldn't say so. It's up to the referee to decide if it should be penalized, otherwise I don't see where the problem is. ... Good taste is relative."

Copyright 2008 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/soccer/11/17/bc.soc.italy.shortsdown.ap/index.html




Sicilians :rofl::rofl:
 
F

farmboy

Reserve Team
wow. that's pretty terrible.
also, aren't they technically able to be called for offside, since they become involved in play by distracting the keeper?
 
Z

Zakov

Senior Squad
as funny as it is, its a decent tactic. Italians are sure creative, got to give a hand to them. :D
 
R

rony31

Team Captain
Read this in the paper today, then saw the video. I was also questioning if they were offside or not but they seem to run back into an onside position just as the kick is taken. It is close though. You think they call "no homo" before every free kick?
 
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$teauA

Superstar
i'm confused. why does he have to drop his shorts? it's a good enough tactic if when they run up there to distract the keeper, dropping the shorts just makes it superghey.
 
M

Mandieta6

Red Card - Life
Life Ban
Aren't refs supposed to penalise unsportsmanlike behavior? Because I'm pretty sure dropping your pants in an attempt to distract the keeper is just that.
 
F

Filipower

Bunburyist
Yeah I reckon he can't do that... Plus, it's one hell of a free kick it makes no difference that he drops the shorts, the keeper wouldn't have saved it...


******* hilarious though (H)
 
H

Hans

How big is YOUR penis?
$teauA;2592568 said:
i'm confused. why does he have to drop his shorts? it's a good enough tactic if when they run up there to distract the keeper, dropping the shorts just makes it superghey.
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Yeah, but which one gonna drive you nuts even more ? A couple of men running or a couple of men running and then bending to showcase their asses ? It was like they were saying to the GK : "**** you bitch, now kiss our white asses!"
 
Z

Zakov

Senior Squad
haha, couldn't have said it better. Plus, its more or less like displaying messages on the back of the shirt, something like, "Eat my shorts, u fookin goalie".
 
A

abyPREDATOR

Senior Squad
Deisler;2592207 said:
ROME (AP) -- In the latest fashion statement out of Italy, soccer players are dropping their shorts to score goals.

Catania, a team in the country's top division, unveiled the new look while taking a free kick. The players lined up in a wall and dropped their shorts in an effort to block the goalkeeper's vision.

The Sicilian team carried out the maneuver to perfection Sunday. Three players dropped their shorts practically to their knees so Torino goalie Matteo Sereni couldn't see the kick by Giuseppe Mascara, who scored during Catania's 3-2 victory.

Catania is coached by Walter Zenga, a former goalkeper on Italy's national team.

"This is a strategy that Zenga tries continually in training," Pietro Lo Monaco, the club's chief executive, told RAI state radio Monday.

Former referees coordinator Paolo Casarin called the move "unsportsmanlike and in bad taste."

"It's a trick that should not be tolerated anymore by the referees," he said.

Lo Monaco replied: "A trick? I wouldn't say so. It's up to the referee to decide if it should be penalized, otherwise I don't see where the problem is. ... Good taste is relative."

Copyright 2008 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/soccer/11/17/bc.soc.italy.shortsdown.ap/index.html




Sicilians :rofl::rofl:
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You really respected the copyright laws :read::rofl:
 
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