“I’ll slap you” – Background on Juventus boss Luciano Spalletti’s spat with Fabio Pisacane

“I’ll slap you” – Background on Juventus boss Luciano Spalletti’s spat with Fabio Pisacane Serie A side Juventus were held to a goalless draw by Cagliari on Sunday but the flashpoint of the tie came at the very end, as Luciano Spalletti was involved in a spat with Rossoblu boss Fabio Pisacane. The two managers were sent off as they nearly came to blows and had to be stopped by surrounding staff. La Gazzetta dello Sport provide a complete background about what led to the Juventus boss turning aggressive, as they take note of what went down. Spalletti accused Pisacane and his team for wasting time during the draw. When Pisacane touched his arm, the Juventus boss said: “What are you doing?” Pisacane responded with: “No, what are you doing?” This led to Spalletti saying an aggressive: “I’ll slap you.” This forced Pisacane’s assistant to intervene and before it could boil over further, both managers were shown red cards. The newspaper go into further depth about the spat. The roots lie in Cagliari’s win over Juve in the second half of last season, which didn’t go down well with the Bianconeri. Spalletti referred to this openly in the pre-game press conference last week, saying: “Pisacane and Giulini deserve everything they’ve achieved recently, but not last year’s victory.” Even in the post-game presser, Spalletti made it clear he was only praising Pisacane and his team for being good at wasting time. It wasn’t snide – according to him, but just a way to bring to light their positives. This apparently didn’t go down well with the Cagliari, bringing the friction to light in public. Kaustubh Pandey – GIFN