The echo caused by Luciano Spalletti after the match with Spartak from Moscow is not diminishing. After the coach of Napoli refused to shake hands with his colleague Rui Vitoria, fierce reactions followed.
At first, Vitoria could not believe that his colleague from the Napoli bench did not want to give him a hand after the game, which shocked him.
Then they reacted inappropriately on the social networks of Spartak, comparing Spalletti with Saddam Hussein ?!
Of course, that was not said directly, but a photo-montage was made, which is an identical presentation of America’s announcement to the world of news that the notorious dictator has been arrested.
That was not enough for the administrators of the Russian club, but they continued to insult the Italian expert, calling him a clown.
And the Italian expert had a ready answer to all that, claiming that the refusal to shake hands was just a reaction to Vitoria’s disrespect.
- Why didn’t I shake hands? Because he didn’t greet me before the game. When you see the guests, you should greet them immediately, and not at the end of the game, after the defeat. We were ten meters away, he did not greet me. In such situations, I always go to the opponent’s coach and shake his hand – Spalletti explained.
It is obvious that that was not enough for the Russians and that they really hit the coach of Napoli hard. It is certain that nervousness also played a role in Spalletti.
His players were defeated again by Spartak, this time with 2: 1, and they need a lot of mathematics to secure the spring in the Europa League.
In any case, there is really no explanation for Spartak’s move, although Spalletti could have done much better…
