Guardian Unlimited: Sport blog: Baldini’s big kick-off
When the cynics said Italian football needed a kick up the backside, this probably wasn’t quite what they had in mind. Just as it looked like the first weekend of Serie A 2007-08 was about to pass off without any great controversy, new Catania manager Silvio Baldini decided it was time to lower the tone. Red carded in the 84th minute of his side’s 2-2 draw at Parma for leaving the technical area to protest a decision, Baldini took umbrage at some parting words from opposite number Domenico Di Carlo and responded the only way he knew how – with a swift size nine to the posterior.
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