Tension skyrocketed between the two benches with Max, who exaggerated by uttering offensive words towards the Neapolitan manager
Sorry. For the words spoken, for the lack of intervention perhaps by a match official. Napoli-Milan didn’t end in the 90th minute, because the Italian champion club didn’t like the attitude of the Rossoneri coach Massimiliano Allegri at all in the final part of the match, when with yet another fuse on the pitch, the tension between the two benches skyrocketed. More than anything, it was Allegri who lost control and started insulting Lele Oriali (“Sit down, you idiot and ass-licker”). Harsh words considered unacceptable by Napoli, such as the fact that the matter went completely under the radar. Thus, this morning, Aurelio De Laurentiis’ club took a position with an official note. “SSC Napoli firmly condemns the attitude of the Milan coach, Massimiliano Allegri, who during the semi-final of the Italian Super Cup, in the presence of dozens of people on the sidelines and on live television, heavily insulted Gabriele Oriali, with offensive and repeated terms. We hope that this aggression, totally out of control, does not go unnoticed, even more so because, with 33 cameras involved in the production of the event, it is impossible not to notice what happened”.
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In fact, Napoli is not asking for disciplinary action, but evidently not for everything to end in a bubble. Perhaps a public apology from Allegri, who spoke about “things on the pitch” after the match, would be a way to ease the tension and close the case. But in the meantime the federal prosecutor’s office took note of what happened and everything was also reported in the referee’s report. And therefore, now we await the decision of the sports judge, who could sanction Max with a fine or disqualification. And regardless of what happens, perhaps it would have been appropriate to intervene at the moment, perhaps with a report from the fourth official to the referee. That at that point he still should have approached the benches, taken action or at least reprimanded Allegri, highlighting what was happening. Conte, who watched, tried to calm Max from a distance, spreading his arms and letting out a laconic “And that’s it”. But nothing, no gesture of peace. No outstretched hand, even after the final whistle. Hence Napoli’s displeasure and the desire to make public something that not everyone had grasped. And which is now already in the hands of the sports judge.