Micro-rant

Stolen from the Guardian. Keeping the jolly sentiments of Franco alive through the medium of football.

"Forget fair play: the only thing that ever mattered to Carlos Bilardo was winning – as he showed when his Sevilla side played Deportivo La Coruña. His physio, a man by the name of Domingo, had run on to the pitch to treat Diego Maradona but, seeing that there was nothing wrong with the Argentine, turned his attention to the bleeding face of the Deportivo defender Ribera. Most thought it a lovely gesture; Bilardo thought it all wrong and leapt from the bench screaming. "Domingo, our players are the ones in red! In red! Jesus Christ I feel like dying!" he shouted, head almost exploding. "You don't even give water to your opponents. All you do to opponents is stamp on them. Stamp on them! Stamp on them!" TH