Tardelli: Show some respect
Giovanni Trapattoni normally does the morning after the match before press conferences but, doubtless still smarting from all the questions the previous night which concentrated on the missing men rather than the merits of the 5-0 win against Northern Ireland, the manager opted to send his assistant out to bat for him at the clubhouse in Gannon Park yesterday.
Tardelli is among the most jovial of men but even he was showing the strain as he began by saying: “Better to speak about the players who are here because they deserve it.”
