Rafa interview on Italian Sky tonight

April 2, 2008

longtime lurker, strange observation this evening...

moved to italy a few months ago, and now have the regular joy of watching all my lfc games courtesy of Sky Italy... normally this is a painful experience associated by 2 yr old arguments around zonal marking; over-internationalisation of the premiership belittling any achievement vs. italian clubs full of world cup winning italians etc... (including inter, obviously).

anyway, one great element of this on CL nights is Rafa being interviewed in Italian by the Sky panel of Marcello Lippi, Vialli and Paolo Rossi - not even a month ago vs. Inter this was great watching Rafa get by in very dodgy Italian (as isn't impossible for an intelligent Spaniard) but making a manful effort in pretty ebullient mood after a great result... tonight same story started and I perked up from usual post-game nonsense to pay attention and... Rafa turned in a near perfect interview with hardly a grammatical error in sight (not easy, believe me!)... difference so pronounced vs. a month ago can only be the result of some concerted effort on rafa's part.

May be totally innocent or unrelated decision to learn a language (esp given recent comments about signings for next year), but given the ownership fiasco and vacancies looking likely at both Milan clubs next year it wouldn't be out of the question for something to be lined up - I just hope its just an insurance policy!!

Almost ruined a good evening and a thoroughly commendable performance from all concerned, ref. included!

Coyler · April 2, 2008

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