Another goodie from Richardson - I think the first line says it all

One also got to love the dessert part
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2007/03/13/inter_fans_whistle_while_ronal.html
Inter fans whistle while Ronaldo works
The Brazilian briefly upstaged the San Siro jeers when Milan faced their city rivals, but fans of his old club ultimately enjoyed the last laugh.
James Richardson
March 13, 2007 12:04 PM
As footballing infidelities go, it's hard to beat Ronaldo. Bought by Inter for a suitably fat figure back in 1997 and patiently nursed through the two-and-a-half subsequent years of colossal knee knack, Ron famously showed his gratitude by promptly doing one to Madrid as soon as his legs were able to carry him, only to return five years later and suit up for Inter's arch enemies Milan.
It was thus the biggest event for many a week when, last Sunday, the Milan derby finally brought the toothy turncoat face to face again with his old employers. Naturally, Inter were ready. Thirty thousand plastic whistles had been distributed to the San Siro crowd by their
ultras to make sure Ronaldo got a barrage of whistling every time his portly frame hoved anywhere near the ball. From a group more generally given to dropping flares or flaming scooters on their opposition, this ranks as an encouragingly mild approach. Anyway, throughout a tepid first half, shrill blast after shrill blast greeted the Brazilian until, suddenly, 40 minutes in, it stopped. Ronaldo had his hands to his ears, having just
stuck the ball in the back of the Inter net from 35 yards out.
"All goals are the same," he told reporters afterwards, but his grin did seem especially outsized this time, possibly because his ex-girlfriend from his Inter days, the pert and pouting Susana "Ronaldinha" Werner, is now married to Inter goalkeeper Júlio César. Whatever, when eight minutes into the second half, Ron touched on to team-mate Rino Gattuso and the ball flew across the face of César's goal, we seemed set for more smiles from Ron and a miserable reunion for Inter.
However, within a minute everything had changed. Gattuso's shot flew just wide and on the Inter bench, manager Roberto Mancini decided he'd seen enough. Off came the woeful Hernán Crespo, who'd failed to cut the mustard in a very real sense, and on went Julio Cruz. The effect was instantaneous: on the very next play, Zlatan Ibrahimovic romped past Paolo Maldini and crossed to Cruz,
who turned in the equaliser with his first touch of the game. Five minutes later the Argentine almost had another when, alone in front of goal, he
backheeled over the crossbar. Inter had awakened and Ibrahimovic in particular, his back trouble soothed, as we later discovered, by a half-time massage from Mancini's personal physio. Fifteen minutes from time
he nabbed the winner, spinning on to Cruz's assist to fire past his marker and the Milan keeper, Nelson Dida. Up in the stands, Inter's president Massimo Moratti began doing "up yours"
gestures left, right and centre, accompanied by his son, who was radiant in a brand new Celtic jersey. Inter had done the double over Milan for the first time since 1982, and worryingly for Milan's dieticians, Ronaldo had got his just desserts.
"It was a masterpiece, considering the injuries we've got," whooped Moratti post-game. "I'm glad Ronaldo scored too. This way, everyone's happy." Big Ron was equally gracious. "Inter deserved the win," he conceded. "They've been amazing all year. As for us, we've just got to believe in that fourth place."
The defeat leaves Milan
six points off the top four, while Inter's record now reads 19 wins in their last 20 Serie A matches. For manager Roberto Mancini, the victory marks an important boost after the many criticisms that accompanied his side's Champions League exit against Valencia. "It's been an incredible season overall," he declared. "In 20 years, we'll still be talking about it."
Mind you, for a club that recently went almost 20 years between titles, that's not necessarily saying much. Still, onwards, and in two decades' time one thing that is certain is that Francesco Guidolin will still not be talking to his former colleague Cesare Prandelli. We know this, because Guidolin told us so on Sunday afternoon.
Guidolin is the manager of former title challengers Palermo (currently slumping faster than a man watching Wags Boutique), while Prandelli is master tactician of fast-rising Fiorentina. On Sunday afternoon the two teams met in Palermo, in a crucial game in the race for top four places. The result? Controversy. Thirty-three minutes in, a Palermo pass went astray in midfield when the recipient, Roberto Guana, fell to the ground clutching his hamstring. Fiorentina's Adrian Mutu picked up the loose ball and instead of putting it out, immediately headed for goal. Two jinking dribbles and a finely angled drive later,
he'd slotted home the opener and Guidolin couldn't believe it. While his players remonstrated with Mutu, the manager ran on to the field shouting at Fiorentina to let them score an equaliser before unleashing a stream of invective at Prandelli and being shown a timely red card.
"I never want to speak to Prandelli ever again," explained a mildy displeased Guidolin afterwards. "I never want to see him again. It's finished. I don't regret what I said on the field. Some people talk about fair play, but then they do something like this ..."
Technically, Mutu had every right to play on, as two months ago a special meeting of the league and the players union ruled only the referee would be responsible for halting play for injury, but the Palermo boss was having none of it. "If it had been me, I'd have stopped my player or told my team to allow the opposition to score, otherwise I wouldn't be a real man." Unhappily for Guidolin, this isn't the first time this has happened in Serie A this season. On no fewer than three previous occasions, a team has been unsporting enough to play on and score despite an opponent clearly being down injured. On two of those occasions that team was, er, Guidolin's Palermo.
Oh well.
The good news for Palermo is
that they equalised - their January signing, Edinson Cavani, unleashing a monstrous volley on his debut to make it 1-1 and spark hopes among the home fans that at last they may have found a worthy replacement for the injured Amauri. The Sicilians currently lie fourth, tied on points with Lazio but having played an extra game. Four points further back lie Empoli, themselves two clear of Milan, with Fiorentina still 10 points off fourth with 11 games left to go.
Next weekend, Lazio will be looking for their sixth straight victory as they host Empoli in Rome. Milan entertain Atalanta, while the game of the round should be Roma's visit to the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence to take on Fiorentina and their Romanian striker, Palermo's erstwhile Mutu friend.
We'll have all the highlights and low deeds here in full in seven days' time.