"The performance was enough for the Tuttosport editor Paolo di Paola to declare the team 'in crisis' on the pitch – as well as everywhere else – but, beyond getting rid of Ranieri, nobody seems to be offering any practical solutions." - Paolo Bandini, 'Ranieri losing numbers game at Juventus' in guardian.co.uk, 6 Oct 2008.
Italian soccer jargon - crisis. A club can be in crisi after just a few poor results, especially if the club is a famous one and expectations are high. If the press declare a team to be in crisi and they lose again, the press will then state that the crisis has become official.
"The performance was enough for the Tuttosport editor Paolo di Paola to declare the team 'in crisis' on the pitch – as well as everywhere else – but, beyond getting rid of Ranieri, nobody seems to be offering any practical solutions."
- Paolo Bandini, 'Ranieri losing numbers game at Juventus' in guardian.co.uk, 6 Oct 2008.
Italian soccer jargon - crisis. A club can be in crisi after just a few poor results, especially if the club is a famous one and expectations are high. If the press declare a team to be in crisi and they lose again, the press will then state that the crisis has become official.