No Rome Comfort For Nervy Ballboy

Feb 3 2008 By Kevin Mcallion

A ROMA ballboy could wake up to the sight of a horse's head in his bed this week after angering some Sicilians.

Palermo crashed 1-0 at the Stadio Olimpico after Roma scored the winner from a quickly-taken corner.

And Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini called for the result to be overturned because a ballboy had placed the ball on the corner spot.

Zamparini raged: "The ballboys must stay behind the advertising boards and throw the ball to the nearest player. What happened was against the rules."

His appeal for a rematch was unsurprisingly booted out, giving Zamparini the chance to moan about a conspiracy.

He said: "In Italy the sneaky ones always win. This is the umpteenth demonstration."

Poor ballboys can't win - remember France boss Raymond Domenech sniping about the Hampden kids being too slow?