The Viola president after the success against the Granata in the Italian Cup: “Stupid articles in the newspaper of someone who is president of Turin…”
The qualification of his Fiorentina to the semi-final of the Italian Cup did not appease the fiery soul of Rocco Commisso who, on the contrary, took the opportunity to have his say on a couple of hot topics. The Viola president spoke in no uncertain terms to the microphones of the Coppa Italia Live on Italia 1: “He loved it? He hurt himself tonight, poor fellow. A month ago we said that no one would be sold and so it was”.
It’s still: “Too many criticisms of Fiorentina? Here in Italy they like to criticize and do little. When I see that the Corriere Fiorentino, Corriere della Sera and La Gazzetta dello Sport which are controlled by one who is the master of Turindo these stupid articles, they must be ashamed. I don’t have the newspapers here in Italy, but it’s not right for another president’s newspapers to criticize another team. Let’s see if anyone wakes up”.
There is also space for the Juve: “What I said a few years ago about Italian football then happened: football is sick and there are teams that go on the pitch and are not up to date with funding and we saw what happened with Juventus. I haven’t spoken for two years, I have to vent a little, I have to vent, it’s not like I speak every day. Everyone speaks in the newspapers, on TV and on the radio. I speak once a year. What bothered me the most? La Gazzetta dello Sport called me a mafioso, when real mafiosi cheat here in Italy and nobody says it. There is a lawsuit and the judges have been with us up to now”.
THE CAIRO REPLY: “DEFAMATORY COMMITTEE, WE EVALUATE THE COMPLAINT”
The reply from the president of Torino, Urbano Cairo, to Commisso was not long in coming: “What Commisso says is highly defamatory of my newspapers and of my person, as well as not being true and therefore we are evaluating with my lawyer whether there are the extremes for the lawsuit”.
