🎥 Scuffle at the Derby d'Italia: Juve boss and Chiellini in the thick of it | OneFootball

The Derby d'Italia between Juventus and Inter last night had it all - spectacular goals, curious decisions, and two emotional teams. Unfortunately, it also had some unpleasant scenes. 

After Juve player Pierre Kalulu was sent off with a yellow-red card, a heated discussion broke out with referee Federico La Penna during halftime. This even led to a scuffle on the stairway to the catacombs.

Juventus coach Luciano Spalletti and Italian legend Giorgio Chiellini, now the Director of Football Strategy at the Bianconeri, were highly emotional. The trigger was what they considered a major wrong decision regarding the sending off. 

Kalulu, already warned, had lightly brushed against Inter's Bastoni during a counterattack attempt and received a second yellow card. A tough decision, but not reviewable by VAR due to the rules.  

"This is unacceptable, it's hard for us to talk about football. We are here to say that what happened today is unacceptable. The spectacle of an Italian football match is ruined by such an incident. There is a protocol that is not right, but we were four on the field. It's a system that doesn't work, we've reached the point of no return," Chiellini said at the press conference afterward. 

However, he downplayed the incident in the catacombs: "There was no discussion, but such a decision is unacceptable. Everyone understood it, probably even they themselves," the 41-year-old stated. 

According to 'Tuttosport', the heated affair continued even after the end of the video clip, and some Juventus delegates had to be held back from the referee by security personnel. 

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