Boss laughs off Prem talk.Byline: Chris Lepkowski ROBERTO Di Matteo Roberto Di Matteo (born May 29, 1970 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland) is a Swiss-Italian former professional footballer. A midfielder, his career consisted of spells at Schaffhausen (1988-91), Zürich (1991-92), Aarau (1992-93), Lazio (1993-96), and Chelsea (1996-2002). has dismissed Albion's presence at the top of the Championship. The Baggies are joint top, albeit in fourth on goal difference, behind Cardiff Cardiff (kär`dĭf), Welsh Caerdydd, city and county (1998 est. pop. 320,900), S Wales, on the Taff River near its mouth on the Bristol Channel. Cardiff is the capital of Wales and an important port. Until the early 20th cent. and fellow relegated clubs Middlesbrough and Newcastle. But Di Matteo laughed off suggestions that he was already thinking ahead to a more long-term goal. The elevated status of last season's relegated top-flight clubs suggests all three are set for a season-long promotion tussle. Di Matteo feels that Ipswich Town, who have taken just one point from their opening four games, are just as likely to be pushing for promotion as the league's current top three. "Does the thought of being a Premier League manager excite (Excite.com, Irvington, NY, www.excite.com) One of the major search engines on the Web founded in 1995 and part of IAC Search & Media. Excite was acquired by Ask Jeeves, Inc. in 2004, which was acquired by IAC in 2005. See Web search engines. me? I only became a Championship manager six or seven weeks ago and I'm still getting used to that," joked Di Matteo when asked about whether he was looking forward to fulfilling an ambi-tioof working in the top flight. "There is still a long long way to go. Ipswich are not a poor team. I would disagree with Verb 1. disagree with - not be very easily digestible; "Spicy food disagrees with some people" hurt - give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back" anyone saying otherwise. "If you play well people assume the opposition isn't as good. But they have a good team. They moved the ball around, were dangerous, so it was a hard afternoon. "Yes, they've had a poor start but there are 42 games left. I expected 12 points, so we're two points behind in that respect." CAPTION(S): Joker: Roberto Di Matteo. |
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