The Portuguese loses patience with an operator who, just after the substitution, had pointed the camera at him in search of a reaction
20th minute of the second half: Luciano Spalletti removes Dusan Vlahovic and Francisco Conceiçao from the field at the same time. A few seconds after the double substitution, the cameras immortalize a very nervous “Chico”, unleashed against someone outside the frame. In fact, the Portuguese winger sends the unfortunate guy to hell by saying something while covering his mouth with his other hand so as not to allow anyone to read or interpret his lips. Many fans immediately interpreted the frames as Conceiçao’s complaint against Spalletti for having kicked him out of the match half an hour early, but this version soon proved to be incorrect.
The footballer, in fact, in the midst of his still undiminished competitive “trance”, had noticed a cameraman framing him in search of some reaction. Francisco, in response, urged the operator to focus on the pitch and not him, with Vlahovic then trying to reassure his teammate with a hug. In short, no case in the Juventus locker room.