久久亚洲国产成人影院-久久亚洲国产的中文-久久亚洲国产高清-久久亚洲国产精品-亚洲图片偷拍自拍-亚洲图色视频

Make me your Homepage
left corner left corner
China Daily Website

Mancini won fans' hearts, but lost club's faith, and job

Updated: 2013-05-15 05:32
By Reuters in Manchester, England (China Daily)

 Mancini won fans' hearts, but lost club's faith, and job

Manchester City's Italian manager Roberto Mancini gestures during the English FA Cup final against Wigan Athletic at Wembley Stadium in London on Saturday. Mancini was sacked as manager of Manchester City on Monday - a year to the day after leading the club to the English Premier League title. Andrew Yates / Agence France-Presse

Italian given the boot after a rocky ride at Manchester City

Roberto Mancini won the hearts of Manchester City fans with the trophies, sense of humor and immaculately knotted scarf, but the often harsh management style of the sacked Italian may not be missed by some of the players.

Mounting media speculation that the City manager was about to be shown the door after 3 1/2 years at the club finally became reality on Monday when the club announced Mancini had been relieved of his duties.

A year to the day after he leaped up and down to celebrate Sergio Aguero's last-gasp goal that snatched a first title in 44 years from Manchester United on goal difference, he slips away two matches before the end of the season.

The supporters who sing, "He comes from Italy to manage Man City, Mancini, Mancini", will miss the temperamental boss who ended their 35-year wait for a trophy by leading them to the 2011 FA Cup.

From the frantic gesticulations on the touchline to the wild goal celebrations at odds with his neat, tailored clothes, Mancini became a popular figure among City fans.

Locker room unrest

Mancini won fans' hearts, but lost club's faith, and job

The club's statement announcing his departure, however, referred to the need for a "holistic approach to all aspects of football at the club" which perhaps points to some of the more divisive aspects of Mancini's time at the helm.

Not one to hold back in criticizing those he sees responsible for failures, he had no problem publicly berating his players after below-par performances.

He once barked: "Joe Hart should stay in goal and make saves. If anyone should criticise the team it should be me, not Joe Hart. I am the judge, not Joe Hart."

There were often media reports of dressing room unrest as Mancini laid into a succession of players.

"I would like to give him a punch," he said of Samir Nasri at the end of March. "Because a player like him should play like today always. Always. Every game."

He criticized captain Vincent Kompany for choosing to play for Belgium soon after recovering from a calf problem, while he told Micah Richards he could stay on the bench if he could not adapt to tactics he was critical of.

Turbulent relationship

Mancini was widely praised for his approach to the biggest fall-out of all - with Carlos Tevez in 2011 after the Argentine refused to warm up during a Champions League game at Bayern Munich.

He told Tevez he would never play for the club again and the striker was fined and suspended after returning to his homeland without permission. The Argentine eventually came back and returned to the team.

United manager Alex Ferguson was among those to say Mancini deserved credit for the way he had handled the situation, but critics would argue that a manager like Ferguson would never have even let the incident happen in the first place.

His other headline-grabbing turbulent relationship was with striker Mario Balotelli.

Oscillating between the attitude of an indulgent parent towards the temperamental Balotelli and someone whose patience had been tried too many times, Mancini gave up on trying to manage him when the club sold him to AC Milan in January.

Even the City hierarchy did not escape Mancini's tongue, as he slammed the club last weekend for failing to deal with the rumors regarding his future.

Despite the fall-outs, Mancini often showed a dry sense of humor he managed to draw on even in the most difficult of circumstances.

When Tevez scored a hat-trick after being arrested on a driving charge, he quipped: "If it has an effect on him I hope that the police can stop him every day."

"It is difficult ... it is important ... it is normal ... Anything can happen," were among his most regular utterances.

They are words that perhaps best sum up his time at City.

(China Daily 05/15/2013 page22)

8.03K
 
Hot Topics
China launched its second space laboratory, the Tiangong II, on Thursday night, which space officials said will become the country’s largest scientific platform in space.
...
...
主站蜘蛛池模板: 日本巨乳中文字幕 | 久久综合网址 | 国内精品一区二区三区最新 | 国产一区二区三区久久小说 | 欧美成人精品不卡视频在线观看 | 日韩亚洲欧美一区噜噜噜 | 姐姐真漂亮在线视频中文版 | 亚洲黄色美女视频 | 免费在线亚洲视频 | 国产不卡视频在线观看 | 国产一区二区亚洲精品天堂 | 中文字幕欧美亚洲 | 欧美日韩精品在线播放 | 欧美色欧美亚洲高清在线视频 | 性猛交毛片 | 欧美叫床戏做爰无遮挡 | 91大神在线精品视频一区 | 日韩欧美一区二区三区不卡视频 | 久色网址 | 亚洲成av人片在线观看无码 | 一区二区三区四区视频在线观看 | 日本www在线视频 | 欧美成人久久一级c片免费 欧美成人看片黄a免费 | 91日本在线精品高清观看 | 国产精品性视频免费播放 | 欧美一级毛片在线一看 | 国产一区在线免费观看 | 久久成人免费观看全部免费 | 台湾精品视频在线观看 | 日本视频一区二区三区 | 成人免费网站视频 | 操操网站 | 最新国产精品亚洲 | 欧美一级大尺度毛片 | 精品极品三级久久久久 | 久久成人性色生活片 | 九九视频免费在线观看 | 成人合成mv福利视频网站 | 国产99久久九九精品免费 | 高清在线一区二区三区亚洲综合 | 欧美在线一二三区 |