Serie A side SSC Napoli’s fanbase is furious on Paolo Bargiggia, a journalist working for Italian news outlet Sports Mediaset, who is facing slack following a tweet criticising the club gaffer Carlo Ancelotti.
Here’s the post that made the Blues fans agitated:
Più che giocatori, il @sscnapoli dovrebbe prendere un allenatore che non sia a fine carriera come @MrAncelotti e che ancora allena per dare una mano alla sua lunga fila di collaboratori. Il gesto è encomiabile. Mi sbaglierò, ma ripeto quanto già scritto nella scorsa stagione.
— Paolo Bargiggia (@Paolo_Bargiggia) July 26, 2019
The tweet reads-
“More than players, the @sscnapoli should take a coach who is not at the end of his career like @MrAncelotti and who still trains to help out his long line of collaborators. The gesture is commendable. I may be wrong, but I repeat what I wrote last season.”
Following this, Napoli’s official Twitter handle @sscnapoli retweeted: “Here is what can come from the thought of a top journalist”
Ecco cosa può scaturire dal pensiero di un giornalista al top della carriera…😀 https://t.co/TcCimOT7zr
— Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli) July 26, 2019
The Naples fanbase mustered over the tweets to defend Ancelotti, who became Maurizio Sarri’s succesor in 2018.
@EnzoRusciano said “The great Bargiggia. The great and irreproachable Bargiggia. I didn’t know he was also a journalist.”
#Bargiggia. Il grande Bargiggia. Il grande ed irreprensibile Bargiggia. Non sapevo che facesse anche il giornalista.
(Da una intervista mitologica rilasciata https://t.co/w9jLMlgCl1 il 25 giugno 2009) pic.twitter.com/g75ELQN222
— Vincenzo Rusciano (@EnzoRusciano) July 26, 2019
Another fan wrote “Perfect! One more reason to love each other and love yourself madly! @Paolo_Bargiggia come back upside down, so the blood flows better to the brain!”
Perfetti! Un ulteriore motivo in più per amarci e amarvi alla follia! @Paolo_Bargiggia tornasse a testa in giù, così il sangue affluisce meglio al cervello! 🙃
— Antonio Guarino (@GuarinTony) July 26, 2019
AC Milan fans also joined in, as @federic05945786 wrote and hailed Ancelotti: “criticizing Ancelotti in this way by a journalist denotes not only cheek and rudeness that is not suitable for those who work on TV but above all ignorance towards a man who is by all accounts one of the best coaches in football history!”
criticare Ancelotti in questo modo da parte di un giornalista denota non solo faccia tosta e maleducazione che non si addice a chi lavora in TV ma soprattutto ignoranza verso un uomo che è a detta di tutti uno dei migliori allenatori della storia del calcio!
— federico ricci (@federic05945786) July 26, 2019
Carlo Ancelotti is undoubtedly one of the most successful managers of all time. With a coaching career accross the most Elite European clubs such as Juventus, Milan, Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, he has won three Champions leagues, along with a Bundesliga, Premier League, Serie A and Ligue 1 to his name. The former Rossoneri midfielder is also the one of seven people to have won the Champions League as both a player and a manager.
