The Italian media have found themselves in the line of fire for helping to embarrass Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario this week.
La Gazzetta dello Sport Report on the Tottenham goalkeeper today after an incident on social media went viral for the wrong reasons.
The Tottenham goalkeeper was seen celebrating with his Italy teammates in front of the TV this week as they watched Wales lose to Bosnia on penalties in the World Cup play-off.
Italy took a wrong step
According to the Gazzetta report, the Italian team celebrated the elimination of the ‘favourite Welsh’.
RAI cameras were watching them, filming the reactions of the Tottenham goalkeeper and others in the player’s lounge. They were present in public due to their families being at the game.
This incident was particularly disliked in Bosnia. He saw this reaction as arrogance on the part of Italians.
According to Gazzetta, the issue risked becoming a ‘scandal’ but has mostly turned into ‘nonsense’.
Italy and their players are trying to play it down ahead of the game in Bosnia. It is likely to be ‘the most challenging in recent memory’ for Italians.
RAI in the firing line
Vicario and his associates did not help even a bit. But according to Fabio Ravazzani, director of Tellalombardia, it is a matter of opinion.
Instead of condemning the Tottenham goalkeeper and his teammates, he questioned what Italian TV stations were doing.
“The (serious) mistake was to steal these images and circulate them as if we were on Big Brother,” Tutto Juve reports him as saying.
“That’s the thing. The pictures of the celebration, filmed without his knowledge and broadcast after being recorded, certainly hindered Bosnia’s visit. It was RAI’s own goal to broadcast them.”
The pressure is now on Italy, who face a big and tough game in Bosnia, against a team and crowd they have only helped to inspire. Luckily for Vicario, the questions being asked are why someone knows this rather than why they did it.
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