Felipe Melo reveals another rather violent encounter after confessing to headbutting Giorgio Chiellini, as he ‘punched’ current Brescia coach Diego Lopez.
The former Fiorentina, Juventus and Inter midfielder was offended when Chiellini called him “a bad apple who always creates the risk of a brawl,” but in his attempts to deny that, Melo seems to be confirming it.
Felipe Melo reveals another rather violent encounter after confessing to headbutting Giorgio Chiellini, as he ‘punched’ current Brescia coach Diego Lopez.
The former Fiorentina, Juventus and Inter midfielder was offended when Chiellini called him “a bad apple who always creates the risk of a brawl,” but in his attempts to deny that, Melo seems to be confirming it.
He said in an Instagram Live chat with Sebastien Frey that Chiellini “just has a problem with me because I headbutted him when we were playing against Siena.”
As part of the same lengthy conversation, the Brazilian also spilled the beans on another ugly altercation during his Serie A days.
“I remember the game against Cagliari, Diego Lopez had smashed Alberto Gilardino’s face during a challenge and was insulting me and my daughter, who had just been born,” said the then-Fiorentina player.
“He told me, ‘I’ll see you outside.’ Well, we won the match at the last minute and ended up face to face with him in the tunnel… I didn’t even give him the time to speak before I punched him.”