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<DIV align=left><FONT color=#888888 size=1>Saturday 5 August, 2006</FONT></DIV></TD></TR>
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<TD vAlign=top width=280><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular size=2>Luca Toni has responded to Diego Della Valle’s talk of immoral attitudes by claiming the players mustn’t pay for the club’s Calciopoli mistakes.
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<><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular size=2>The striker has made his intention to leave Fiorentina this summer very clear, as a move to Inter has been lined up, but in this morning’s ‘Gazzetta dello Sport’ patron Della Valle insisted he was going nowhere.
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<><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular size=2>“Toni will stay where he is. That is absolutely my last word on the matter,” said the Viola owner. “People in football cannot consider everything up for grabs and live outside of principles or morality.”
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<><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular size=2>The response did not take long, as the World Cup winning forward was interviewed by Punto Radio this afternoon to point out Della Valle – punished for his part in the Calciopoli scandal, which saw Fiorentina docked 19 points and stripped of the opportunity to play in the Champions League – was in no position to throw stones.
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<P><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular size=2>“Let’s leave ethics aside from this debate, shall we?” Toni told the radio station. “I may have a contract, but it’s not right that my teammates and I should be forced into fighting what will be a terrible campaign, chasing a difficult chance to remain in Serie A after having worked so hard to earn ourselves a Champions League spot.”
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<P><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular size=2>The club was originally relegated into Serie B after the first verdict in the match-fixing trial, but the appeal returned them to the top flight, albeit starting the 2006-07 season with a 19-point penalty.
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<P><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular size=2>“The players cannot pay the price for the errors of our directors involved in Calciopoli. This whole situation should make the club understand that certain mistakes must be paid for without taking it out on the squad.”
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<P>卢卡.托尼对德拉瓦莱不礼貌的言论作出了回应,并声称球员不应该为俱乐部电话们丑闻负责。</P>
<P>在长期和国米联系在一起之后,这位意甲射手王的离去意图已经非常明显。然而今天早晨的Gazzetta dello Sport节目中德拉瓦莱却坚持托尼哪里也不去。</P>
<P>“托尼会待在他所在的地方,这绝对是我最后的话。”紫百合老板说,“足球圈里的人不能强买强卖,而忽视了规则和道德。”</P>
<P>托尼不久就作出了回应。在当天下午Punto Radio 对这位世界杯冠军的前锋采访中托尼矛头直指向德拉瓦莱,向这位由于参与电话门而导致俱乐部失去冠军联赛资格并被罚去19分的老板猛烈开火。</P>
<P>“在这场争论中我们先把道德放在一边,好吗?”托尼对电台说,“我是有合同在身,但是要强迫我和我的队友们面对如此困难的形势——我们要如此的努力才有可能留在意甲,更别说是冠军杯了,这是不对的。”</P>
<P>俱乐部在一审判决曾一度降入意乙,但在二审中又回到了顶级竞争,不过新赛季被罚掉了19分。</P>
<P>“球员不应该为决策层在电话门中犯下的错误买单。整个形势应该让俱乐部认识到,这个错误不应该让球员承担。”托尼最后表示。</P> |