Direct call: Roma coach phones tribune for help
Published
Aug. 25, 2013 6:25 p.m. ET
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Was he ordering a pizza? Or perhaps simply checking in with his family at home?
It was a curious moment when new Roma coach Rudi Garcia was seen talking on his cell phone as he sat on the bench during the first half of a 2-0 win over Livorno in his Italian league debut Sunday.
Afterward, Garcia explained that he was simply talking with an assistant coach up in the tribune, a habit he developed with Lille in the French league.
However, the call could be judged as a breach of Serie A rules and earn the Frenchman a fine.
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Garcia says he used his phone because a two-way radio wasn't working.
Told of the rules, he said ''Well then it seems it's different here from France.''
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