Result just in from Italy’s Serie C: Cuneo, 20; Pro Piacenza, 0. I haven’t had the chance to review the tapes yet, but I’m guessing Pro Piacenza will be disappointed with that. They may even be struggling to “take away the positives”. It was 16-0 at half time, apparently. No doubt, as he headed to the dressing room for what was set be to one of the more challenging mid-match team-talks of his career, Pro Piacenza’s manager was rehearsing the standard lost-cause battle cry: “Listen, lads, let’s go out and win the second half.” But they didn’t. They lost that as well.
Hang on a second, though, because Pro Piacenza don’t actually have a manager right now. Nor, according to the BBC website, do they have any money (the club reportedly hasn’t paid its staff since August). And they appear to be a bit light on players, too, having been abandoned during this downturn by most of the senior squad. Just a typical, heartwarming story of Italian football folk, in other words.
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