Video: West Ham legend Di Canio in pain after table headbutt during Italy rant on live TV | OneFootball

Former Italian striker Paolo Di Canio was meant to jokingly headbutt a table on live TV while talking about the crisis of Italian football last night, but actually hurt himself, needing intervention from Fabio Capello.

Former West Ham star Di Canio has made headlines in Italy after hurting himself on live TV on Wednesday night while commenting on the Champions League quarter-finals, Bayern Munich-Real Madrid and Arsenal-Sporting CP.

ROME, ITALY – MAY 14: Paolo Di Canio attends during the A-Words at Ara Pacis on May 14, 2019, in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images for Lega Serie A)

The host, Federica Masolin, asked Di Canio when Italian football would reach the Premier League’s level, and Di Canio sarcastically replied: “I’ve been good so far, and now you want to provoke me. You want to make me sad!”

At that point, the ex-striker repeatedly headbutted the table in front of him, but he did it too vigorously, so Capello, a fellow Sky Sports pundit, had to stand up and check on him.

“What did you do?” asked the former coach.

Di Canio had already put a tissue on his head and said, “You provoked me, I’m going to smash my head.”

Video: Di Canio’s headbutt on live TV