http:\/\/www.theaustralian.news.com.au\/story\/0,20867,19616401-5003460,00.html<\/a>)<\/p>\nHe departed from his normal objectivity with a passionate paean to Italian football.<\/p>\n
Huang Jianxiang, who was commentating for an audience of millions on the state-run CCTV, was unable to control his enthusiasm when Fabio Grosso went down in a challenge and a last-minute penalty was awarded to the Azzurri.<\/p>\n
“Penalty! Penalty! Penalty!” he screamed. “Grosso’s done it, Grosso’s done it!<\/p>\n
“The great Italian left back! He succeeded in the glorious traditions of Italy! Facchetti, Cabrini and Maldini, their souls are infused in him at this moment!<\/p>\n
“Grosso represents the long history and traditions of Italian football, he’s not fighting alone at this moment! He’s not alone!”<\/p>\n
Chinese television audiences, expected to rise to an accumulated total of 10 billion before the end of the tournament, are not often served up such South American-style passion and Huang’s bias has provoked a storm of controversy in the media.<\/p>\n
More was to come when Francesco Totti converted the penalty to win the match and Huang had a special mention for Australia’s Dutch coach Guus Hiddink, whose Korea Republic side knocked Italy out of the last World Cup.<\/p>\n
“Goooooal! Game over! Italy win! Beat the Australians!” he shouted, his voice now breaking.<\/p>\n
“They do not fall in front of Hiddink again! Italy the great! Left back the great! Happy birthday to Maldini! Forza Italia!<\/p>\n
“The victory belongs to Italy, to Grosso, to Cannavaro, to Zambrotta, to Buffon, to Maldini, to everyone who loves Italian football!”<\/p>\n
“Hiddink … lost all his courage faced with Italian history and traditions … He finally reaped fruits which he had sown! They should go home. They don’t need to go as far away as Australia as most of them are living in Europe. Farewell!”<\/p>\n
An unapologetic Huang later said he could not remember what he had said in the heat of the moment and his preference for Italy was because he had commentated on Serie A for many years.<\/p>\n
“I’m more familiar with Italian players … and I don’t like Australians indeed,” he said. “I was hoping they’d do badly here.”<\/p>\n
Australia recently joined the Asian Football Confederation and from the next World Cup will contest for one of their qualification spots.<\/p>\n
“Do you remember how China were blocked from going to the Spain World Cup in a qualifier in 1981?” Huang said.<\/p>\n
“It was a team just like Australia, all of whom were living and playing in England but with New Zealand passports. It still hurts … and in 2009, Australia will be just like New Zealand at that time.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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