Roma have 35 points on the board after having played 23 games this season, while Lazio are the club occupying the final Champions League position now. They have 42 points on the board after having played the same number of matches. Even though the seven-point advantage may seem insignificant, Lazio have been one of the best teams in the Italian Serie A this season. Hence, Walter Sabatini has said that it is vital for Roma to keep in touch with Lazio in order to have a realistic chance of finishing in the Champions League position.

“Roma must aim high, there is no doubt. We must do so immediately. If we had left Siena with the three points we would already be there to fight. But all is not lost and we will not give up, the Champions League is the goal for which we will fight until the end. We must always aspire to play our new brand of football,” Roma director Walter Sabatini said ahead of this week’s match with Parma. Parma are in the 12th place in the Italian Serie A, but come on the back of a good run of form.

Tommasi was working alongside Cannavaro on a publicity meeting for the FIGC – the Italian FA.

They arrived at Ho Chi Minh City from Bangkok and wer immediately greeted with a warm response from the locals. He is expected to visit the HCMC over the first weekend of January after being invited by Eximbank, who are currently sponsoring the event. A number of football fans arrived at the airport to greet the defender, who recently brought an end to the stellar career.

Fabio Cannavaro spoke after being received in such a warm way by saying that he has never experienced that such response amongst the Vietnamese fans. More than thousand fans queued up to see the Italian when he arrived at the airport.  “I know Cannavaro when he played for Parma over 10 years ago. His service helped the club rise to fame in the world, with the UEFA Cup title in 1998-99 season,” said Nguyen, a fan from the Tan Binh District.

He has been waiting all morning to get a glimpse of the player, who is probably the most well-known defender of all time along with Paolo Maldini. “I am surprised at the enthusiastic welcome of Vietnamese fans. I can’t imagine they love football and admire me like that. I am happy with it,” Cannavaro told the local newspaper.

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The AIC (Serie B Player’s Union) have been in disagreement with the Lega Calcio (Football League) about various issues, ranging from contract payments being made late, to the terms of the latest television deal. The man with the impossible job at the top is Damiano Tommasi – the President of the AIC who has been tasked with finding some common ground before the players down tools and go on strike!

Known as a tough-tackling defensive midfielder in his playing days, Tommasi is not quite as aggressive in his new role, though just as dogged and tenacious!

Speaking at a League Conference, Tommasi said that the two arguing sides wern’t so far away from each other. “We are deluding ourselves in recent days to try to make further progress on collective agreement of players. We have now reached almost to the conclusion of the agreement with the Series B”

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