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Puma said:The suspension is strange but it does not really come as a surprise. The decision to award last season's Scudetto to Inter was controversial and many people are still unhappy about it. The authorities are under pressure and there are alklegations that Inter was favoured or looked after by Rossi during the scandal. The authorities do want want to be seen as favouring any one team over the other so Inter is now bearing the brunt of having the Scudetto given to us by default. Hence the harsh suspension. I have a feeling most of the season is going to be like this for us.
I think the awarding of the Scudetto has only exasperated the problem. Inter have always gotten the rotten end of the stick when it comes to video replay and I was not surprised in the least that Viera not only got the ban but that it didnt get reduced. Anyone care to remember the Samuel incident from the Super Cup game last year??
Puma said:Hamed, as I said in the Zlatan thread, it is the coach's place to lay down the law with regards to poor discipline. Mancini should make a point of benching players that collect cards and get suspended and let them know that they will be punished. The club should also take a hard stance and enforce heavy fines.
I think I remember Moratti talking about going through the proper channels and investigating whether in fact Viera was deserving of a fine. In light of the ban not being reduced I would say that he was fined but that the amount and nature was kept within the confines in the club. The media already have a field day with Inter everytime anything remotely unsettling happens no need to give them anymore fuel for an already raging fire.
As for Viera he is no longer a young hotshot and should know to keep his mouth shut. Afterall he had already screwed the team with his antice in the midweek CL game why go out there and do the same sort of stuff in a crunch game like against Roma. Yes these are types of fouls he was used to committing and getting away with while at Juve but that stuff doesnt work for you here at Inter and he needs to learn that fast.
As for his big mouth I can see it causing us problems in the future, lets see if he can keep himself in line from now on.