Wednesday, June 19, 2002

Via Starner...He didn't email a link so here is the story.

ROME -- Italian soccer club Perugia has cut ties with
South Korea's Ahn Jung-hwan after he scored the
overtime goal that knocked Italy out of the World Cup, Perugia's chairman
said in media reports Wednesday.

"That gentleman will never set foot in Perugia again,"
Luciano Gaucci told sports' daily La Gazzetta dello
Sport. "I have no intention of paying a salary to someone who
has ruined Italian soccer."

Italy has been furious about Tuesday's 2-1 loss to
South Korea, accusing the referee and soccer's ruling
body FIFA of fixing the match.

Back home, the Italian media were livid.

"Thieves -- the killer referee hounds the Azzurri out
of the World Cup," the Rome-daily Corriere dello Sport
said on its front-page."

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