Like most Italians, the chairman of Perugia was horrified by his country's shock quarter-final defeat to South Korea in the 2002 World Cup. Unlike most Italians, he had a means to vent his anger: Ahn Jung-hwan, scorer of the winning goal, was a Perugia player, and Gaucci promptly sacked him. 'I have no intention of paying a salary to someone who has ruined Italian football,' he said. 'That gentleman will never set foot in Perugia again.' The gentleman never did: despite a retraction from Gaucci, Ahn opted for a transfer to Japan's J-League