🔥 Red-hot clash: Napoli-Inter ends in controversy and clashes | OneFootball

Napoli vs Inter was the match of the week in Italy, with a victory for the Partenopei, but not without a lot of controversy.

The Neapolitans took the win, but there was controversy. The penalty awarded for Di Lorenzo in the 1-0 was not agreed upon by many.

Later, with the match tight, Lautaro Martínez and Antonio Conte, former teammates at Inter, had a very, very heated dispute. The Argentine reportedly told him he had "poop" in his pants.

Beppe Marotta, Inter's CEO, came out to criticize the penalty: 

"I don't understand it. The penalty was crucial in tipping the balance. It was initiated by the assistant referee. VAR intervened once, and then the assistant referee. The referee didn't blow the whistle; he was better positioned than anyone. And then he called it because the assistant referee decided. The images are very clear, and from there the match took a very peculiar turn. Then Napoli validated their victory, and credit to the winners. But Napoli's win was born from this episode."

"Rocchi had said no more penalties. Judge this penalty for yourselves. I am totally in favor of the centrality of the referee, and he cannot be influenced so much... This incident changed the players' mindset, generating bitterness and anger from halftime. It affected the match, and Napoli could have won anyway, of course. But I'm referring to how the penalty was decided. The Lautaro-Conte clash? It was a matter of on-field dynamics, I would leave it aside."

Antonio Conte responded: 

"Penalty? You can see the difference between Napoli and Inter. Inter sends Marotta, other teams send their coaches."

"A great team must evaluate why they lost, not appeal to these things. I would not have allowed one of my directors to make these statements. If a president wants to make them... let those who participated in the match handle it. That undermines the coach, and that's not right. I've never asked my presidents to act like parents; I've always defended myself. But it's fine, it doesn't matter."

The coach did not say anything about Lautaro.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.

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