Busy week for Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri: attacking “embarrassing” prejudice from racist Lazio fans – “it left us all upset”; and clarifying why he called Roberto Mancini a “***got”: “I just meant he was a show-off. It was nothing to do with sex.” • Nailing the line on the racist chants from Lazio’s perspective – presidentClaudio Lotito: “It’s not racism, black lads play for Lazio too.” His previous best:2005 – Lotito on Paolo Di Canio’s salutes: “It’s not a political gesture, even the Pope does it.” 2013 – Lotito on monkey chants, which ultras dismissed as “banter”: “This debate is taking a bad turn, Lazio gets seen as racist and it’s not.We have black players too.” 2014 – Lotito on FA president Carlo Tavecchio calling black players “banana eaters”: “Even the priest at the altar can make a mistake. Carlo just used a colourful term. You are blowing all this up in the media.” Uefa: reassessing Dynamo Kyiv’s two-game stadium ban for racist violence –cutting it to one, and halving their fine to €50,000. mystery of the week: Guatemala’s FA accounts, off by $1m according to a leaked audit. Former head Brayan Jiménez – arrested drunk last month after going on the run – and deputy Héctor Trujillo – arrested in December when his cruise ship docked in Florida – deny wrongdoing. Manager news: last week’s moves • Brazil, 2 Dec: Socorrense president Washington Alcino unveils new coach Guidon as “the real deal”. 1 Feb: Sacks him for “unforgivable results”. 2 Feb:Forgives and rehires him. 3 Feb: Sacks him again after a 1-1 draw. Superhero news Brazil: Campeonato Paranaense club Foz do Iguaçu debuting new mascotFozman. Local media reported “an oversized man in a tight Batman outfit, clinging to his frame … Fozman yielded no luck; his team lost 3-0 to Coritiba.” Former Fifa audit and compliance officer Canover Watson, jailed for seven years in the Cayman Islands for “shameless” fraud. The court rejected Watson’s defence that incriminating spreadsheets were “just doodles”. Credit as per usual to the Gruaniad
