Football

Italian junior league team Invictasauro wins 27-0, coach sacked

Paolo Brogelli, Invictasauro president, however, slammed his team's win over rival Marina Calcio as “disrespectful”.

AFP
Milan 17 November, 2019 17:43 IST
REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO: The heavy defeat inflicted on Marina Calcio by Riccini's boys was termed as

REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO: The heavy defeat inflicted on Marina Calcio by Riccini's boys was termed as "disrespectful".   -  Getty Images

AFP
Milan 17 November, 2019 17:43 IST

The coach of an Italian junior league team was sacked on Saturday for inflicting a humiliating 27-0 defeat on opponent.

Paolo Brogelli, president of Invictasauro, a team based in Grosseto, Tuscany, slammed his team's win over rival Marina Calcio as “disrespectful”.

“We learned with amazement and regret the score of the match in which our junior team scored 27 goals,” Brogelli said in a statement reported in the Italian press.

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“The values of youth team football are antithetical to such a thing.

“The opponent must always be respected and today it has not happened. As president I sincerely apologise to the Marina team. Our board has decided, unanimously, to sack (coach) Mr. Riccini.

“Our coaches have a duty to train and, above all, to educate children. This has not happened today.”

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