De Larentiis talks about “theft” of Italy and Spalletti responds

Ukraine-Italy is still going strong. The ‘azzurra’ secured qualification for Euro 2024 on Monday after getting a draw that was good enough for them (0-0). One result was shrouded in controversy due to a possible penalty that was not called in stoppage time in the Italian area. Aurelio De Laurentiis, president of Napoli, He ignited a controversy by speaking about the “robbery” and now he has responded Luciano Spalletti, Italian coach after leaving Naples at the end of the last season just a few days after he led the ‘scudetto’.

De Laurentiis, who did not exactly remain friends with the coach after two years together in Naples (2021-2023), was referred on Tuesday to the classification of Italy on the occasion of the presentation at the Stadio Diego Maradona of the book ‘The Path of a dream. ‘ said player agent Mario Giuffredi.

“Somehow Giuffredi, in everything he represents, makes sense the dreams of people who probably don’t want to see a stolen game like last night in Italy, a penalty is missing for Ukraine”, De Laurentiis said. half joking, half serious but, in any case, a dig at his former coach Spalletti.

Today, during an event in Rome, the Italian coach responded: “Stolen classification? There are two ways to comment on a match: one is to comment on the behavior of the players. Go to play the fight with courage and generosity.The Second The way is to take that one episode and say he stole the game. “It’s something that makes you sad, it’s not good.”

A message addressed to De Laurentiis and all those who interpreted the controversial move in the same way, when Mykhailo Mudryk was already in stoppage time in the area before Bryan Cristante entered and the Spanish referee Jesús Gil Manzano let him continue as the VAR also did not send a signal to review the action.