Cagliari farmers milk the occasion

– Players from Italian club Cagliari missed their flight to Milan for yesterday’s Serie A game after being locked inside their training ground by local farmers protesting over milk prices, according to reports in Italy.

The Sardinian team had been due to fly out to Milan on Saturday evening before yesterday’s game against AC Milan at the San Siro.

But the players were unable to leave their Asseminello training ground in the south of the Mediterranean island after all the exits were blocked by a group of 100 local farmers.

Coach Rolando Maran and the club’s director-general Mario Passetti negotiated with the protesters to allow the team bus to leave for the airport.

Cagliari are 15th in Serie A, four points off the relegation zone, and held AC Milan 1-1 earlier this season. – AFP