Tuchel-Conte: here are the sanctions. Fines and a stop for the German

From our correspondent Davide Chinellato

19 August
– LONDON

Guilty both. But Thomas Tuchel is much more so than Antonio Conte. It is the FA verdict on the incident between the Chelsea and Tottenham coaches at the end of last Sunday’s London derby at Stamford Bridge, which ended with a prolonged handshake between the two and many controversies. Tuchel was disqualified for a match (penalty temporarily suspended, he will be on the bench in Chelsea-Leeds on Sunday) and fined the consideration of 41,500 euros. For Conte only a fine, much lower than his rival: the consideration of 17,500 euros.

THE COMMUNICATION

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“Both Tuchel and Conte admitted that their behavior after the final whistle at Chelsea-Tottenham on Sunday was inappropriate – reads the statement released by the FA, the English Football Association that has jurisdiction over the incident -. Both asked to make their reasons known in writing. The sanctions are subject to appeal, and Tuchel’s disqualification has been suspended pending the Disciplinary Committee making its sanctions available in writing ”.

THING OF THE PAST

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Both Conte and Tuchel played down the incident. “Nothing serious happened, we neither insulted each other nor came to blows,” the Chelsea manager said at a press conference on Friday. It was just the passion of two men who would do anything for their team. I had the utmost respect for Antonio before the game, this episode didn’t change anything. In fact, I laugh at all the memes on social media that have resulted from it “. “For me the story ended at Stamford Bridge – Conte said the day before -. Situations like this happen, it’s not the first time and it won’t be the last that two coaches disagree at the end of the game ”. The prolonged handshake after the final whistle, with Tuchel tugging Conte, telling him to look him in the eye while the Chelsea manager tells him to let him go, had been the most dramatic episode of a confrontation born after Tottenham’s momentary 1-1. , when Conte had practically cheered in the face of Tuchel, who was protesting with the fourth official and did not like the proximity of the Italian, also helped by the minimum distance between the two benches at Stamford Bridge. Tuchel replied by passing in front of Conte after the momentary 2-1, but Kane’s 2-2 in the 96th minute, just before the final whistle, rekindled the spirits and led to the handshake which cost the red to both of them. “Maybe it would have seemed less serious if 20 people hadn’t arrived around us,” said Tuchel. The FA did not see it the same way.