Ulivieri replies to Mourinho: “We’re made of different types of pasta, but I’m not happy about it”

The words of Jose Mourinho against referee Chiffi (“the worst I’ve met, I had a hidden microphone to protect myself”), the reply from assoallenatori signed by the president Renzo Ulivieri (“unacceptable behaviour”), Mou’s new attack this time directly on the Tuscan coach (“Chiffi defends, but he’s one convicted of betting”), Ulivieri’s new answer.

Ulivieri: “Mourinho? We are made of different types of pasta”

The bang and answer between the Special One and the former Bologna coach goes on. “I fully agree with Mourinho’s conclusions: we are made of different things. But I’m not happy about it” said Ulivieri in a long statement. After Rome-Inter, Mourinho he said he was happy to be different from those who criticized him after being disqualified for football betting. “I can’t answer José Mourinho directly, not because he didn’t expressly name me but because he didn’t discuss the merits of what I said in the press release three days ago – continues Ulivieri -. Rather, the following are considerations that I I would like to make public to clarify some personal events again”.

Ulivieri and the disqualification for the sporting offense

Ulivieri says: “First: democracy still remains in Italy, in fact for the position of president of AIAC, a role that is not paid for anything else, one is elected by the coaches themselves, and not nominated from above. Second, as regards the disqualification of three years, for sporting offence, suffered by me in 1986, to which alluded, I repeat what I have repeated dozens of times in the past, documenting the following: Two years after the start of the disqualification, which I spent looking for evidence discharge, the Caf, in a sentence of June 1988, recognized, referring to me: “the offense committed in his absence and without his knowledge… and again “Ulivieri passes from the position of absolute protagonist, callous and stubborn, to that of generic malpractice”. This sentence presupposed the acceptance of a possible request for pardon. But I didn’t ask, to safeguard my dignity, because this would have meant an admission of guilt, choosing to serve the disqualification in full, then restarting from Serie C”.

“Third: in recent days many friends have addressed me: “just you who used to argue constantly with the referees…”, referring to my past and numerous expulsions when I was on the bench. I repeat here what I said to them: until we are on the pitch, we are even (I misbehave, you send me off); when the match ends we are no longer even, because the coach can talk and the referee cannot. This didn’t seem right to me then and I didn’t it seems right today. Going back to Mourinho, I fully agree with his conclusions: we are made of different things. But I’m not happy about it.”