The match was played with maximum fair play, never mind if the final result between Ales and Ghilarza was clear with a 17 to 1 in favor of the Guilcier team. It is off the pitch that someone went beyond the values of sport with a comment that the Ales football association did not like at all.
« Today in Ales tennis world championship, hunters against shepherds » is the comment that appeared on a sports site, authored by Jhon Deere (brand of agricultural vehicles). Words that sounded " light years away from the sporting spirit that should characterize our football fields " claims Damiano Cadoni , head of the Ales youth sector.
The regional junior-under 19 championship match slipped away in an atmosphere of healthy competitive spirit and competition. That comment ruined the evening. «Our boys have lost - observed Damiano Cadoni - honor to the athletes and to the Ghilarza club which is a very different reality both as a catchment area and as a team given that they play in Excellence and we in Third category». But that sentence written on the sports website annoyed everyone in Ales' club a bit. « The person who wrote that comment demonstrates great ignorance – he continues – I want to believe that it is someone who has nothing to do with Ghilarza ». And again: «We are a company born two years ago with many sacrifices – he underlines – we don't want our kids to grow up with prejudices. Especially since the work of the shepherd has its dignity like any other activity, indeed I am sure that it would have a lot to teach the new generations." The head of the Ales youth sector remarks that " the term was used in a derogatory way ".
