Video: Spalletti and Comolli angrily confront referee in tunnel after Inter 3-2 Juventus
Luciano Spalletti and Juventus CEO Damien Comolli were seen furiously arguing with referee Federico La Penna in the tunnel after the controversial sending off of Pierre Kalulu during Saturday night’s Derby d’Italia.
The table-topping Inter claimed all three points in a controversial derby in San Siro thanks to an own goal from Andrea Cambiaso and individual efforts from Pio Esposito and Piotr Zielinski, the latter in the 90th minute. Cambiaso and Manuel Locatelli provided the goals for the Bianconeri.
However, some newspapers in Italy have claimed that the derby was ‘ruined’ after referee La Penna took the decision to send off Kalulu for a second bookable offence in the 42nd minute.
Juventus felt that the first yellow card shown to the Frenchman was soft, and that the second was ‘absurd’, after replays showed that Alessandro Bastoni had dived in an attempt to get his opponent sent off. As this incident was ‘only’ a yellow card offence, VAR could not intervene.
Bianconeri chiefs have already come out with a strong condemnation of the decision to send off Kalulu, claiming the decision was “unacceptable and embarrassing.”
Spalletti and Comolli go crazy at referee after Inter 3-2 Juventus
Video footage has since emerged online of the Juventus delegation’s immediate post-match reaction. Juve head coach Spalletti and CEO Comolli were seen furiously arguing with referee La Penna as he tried to make his way down the San Siro tunnel.
At one point, Spalletti can be seen shoving Comolli away from the incident, and goalkeeper Mattia Perin attempting to hold back his head coach.
Spalletti, Comolli e Chiellini infuriati (a fine primo tempo) all’ingresso del tunnel contro La Penna
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