An investigation was opened in Italy after the intermingling between the Inter coach and the Juventus boss
The Italian Football Federation announced today that it has decided to investigate officials in Juventus and Inter, due to the mutual contradiction between the first president Andrea Agnelli and the second coach, Antonio Conte, on the sidelines of the match that brought the two teams together in the second leg of the Italian Cup semi-finals on Tuesday.
The local association of the game said in a statement that the public prosecutor "has opened an investigation into the behavior of officials and members of Juventus and Inter during and at the end of the second leg of the semi-finals of the Italian Cup."
The verdict of the match, which ended in a negative draw between the two teams, will be heard in Turin, noting that "Juve" had reserved his card for the cup final by winning the first leg at the opponent's stadium 1-2 thanks to the two goals of his Portuguese star, Cristiano Ronaldo.
At the end of the match, cameras captured an unusual scene in the world of round football, which was summed up by a mutual clash between the president of Juventus and the coach of Inter Conte, accompanied by an obscene movement from the latter.
However, the pictures broadcast by several media outlets did not clearly show who Conte had said between the two halves of the match, but it was clear that they were directed at the president of the "Bianconeri" club at the end of the match while the latter was about to leave the stadium.
According to some local media, it is likely that some managers from the two clubs, along with some players, will be involved in the fight.
The sports committee in the league, which did not mention this incident in its report, opened the door to the local federation to put its hand on the case to start its investigations, as happened recently in the issue of quarrels and the exchange of insults between the Swedish attackers Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the Belgian Romelu Lukaku during the Milan and Inter match in the quarter-finals of the cup. The local, who was defeated by the latter and his companions 2-1 in a deadly time.
When asked at the end of the match about Agnelli's behavior, Conte, who previously coached the "Old Lady" team between 2011 and 2015, commented that "it is better if a person is more educated and has more respect and sportsmanship."
For his part, Andrea Pirlo, the coach of "Juve", denied that he had seen what happened between the two halves with regard to Conte, stressing, "I immediately returned to the locker room."
It is not the first time that Conte entered into a quarrel, as he was punished by suspension for two matches and a fine of 20 thousand euros (24 thousand dollars), for verbally exposing him to the judgment of the match in which his team drew negatively with Udinese in the nineteenth stage of the Italian Football League.
And the former coach of Juventus and Chelsea of England received a red card after the 90th minute of the match, when it was considered that the referee, Fabio Maresca, had not calculated enough extra time.
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