Conte lashes out at referee on the touchline: ‘He does it on purpose with me’
Sport Mediaset shows Antonio Conte’s furious reactions to referee decisions in Napoli’s Coppa Italia defeat against Como last night: ‘He does it on purpose with me.’
Napoli were eliminated from the Coppa Italia quarter-finals on Tuesday, losing on penalties against Cesc Fabregas’ Como.
Conte was highly unhappy with the referee’s decisions, as he clearly stated in his post-match interviews.
Sport Mediaset showed Conte’s reactions from the sidelines to the ref’s most controversial calls last night.
What furious Conte told the referee during Napoli vs. Como
At the end of the first half, Jacobo Ramon fouled Rasmus Hojlund at the edge of the box, prompting Conte to ask for a VAR check.
“At least go check it, d****head, go check it at least,” he shouted.
When the fourth official arrived to calm him down, Conte continued: “It might be red or not, but what the f**! VAR should check and call him.”
At the beginning of the second half, Ramon made a similar foul, also at the edge of the box, but received no yellow card.
Conte wanted Ramon to be sent off twice
Conte’s protest continued, and this time he was joined by some of his staff members.
“That’s a yellow, that’s a yellow,” Conte shouted.
“He [the referee] does it on purpose with me,” the Napoli coach told the fourth official, who once again arrived to clear the air.
“That was a yellow card. How is it not yellow? You are destroying us,” Conte concluded.