He came in a “disrespectful way”, Spalletti explains his altercation with Maldini

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Napoli miserably lost 0-4 against AC Milan in the 28th day of Serie A. After the game, there was a heated argument between the Azzurri coach and the Rossoneri technical director Paolo Maldini. The Tuscan technician explains the basis of the altercation in the dressing room backstage at the end of the game.

“What happened with Maldini is that I was talking to the referee to explain the warning to Lobotka, I was asking him that, Maldini came flapping and talking to me, claiming something I do not know, in a disrespectful way. He had to let me finish talking. I did not argue with Leao,” said Spalletti. According to the Gazzetta dello Sport, Maldini would have addressed the Napoli coach in these terms: “You always complain, even if you won the Scudetto…”