Maurizio Sarri clashed with Alexis Saelemaekers after Milan vs. Lazio, but what caused the final whistle row?
Sarri ran towards the Milan winger after the final whistle. A Lazio staff member separated the coach and the player before referee Daniele Chiffi showed Sarri a red card.
“It was nothing in particular,” the former Napoli, Chelsea and Juventus tactician told DAZN.
“The young lad made a gesture that you shouldn’t do to older people and Ibrahimovic then calmed everything down. These things happen on the pitch.”
According to DAZN, Sarri demanded more respect from the 22-year-old, who apparently exaggerated his celebration.
The Rossoneri sealed a 2-0 win with goals courtesy of Rafael Leao and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who returned to action after an injury.
Milan have collected nine points from their opening three Serie A games of the season, while Lazio have six points following wins against Empoli and Venezia and today’s defeat against Milan.
Lazio face Galatasaray away in their opening Europa League match on Thursday. They host Cagliari at the Stadio Olimpico next Sunday.
From the 10th minute, Sarri realised that Milan weren’t going to give Lazio a sniff. He asked Alexis for ‘respect’, when the reality is that Sarri is arguably the most fouled mouthed tacticians in the game. Not to mention the amount of times he went out of his technical area to complain to the 4th referee. He was looking for any reason to kick off some more. His team spent the entire first half fouling and then even when giving away a blatant pen, he was still mouthing off.
Lazio weren’t allowed anything for 97 minutes. Their only moment of ‘celebration’ was Ramos celebrating a tackle…near his own corner flag.
If it was a respectable manager I would agree, but with Sarri- no chance.
Sarri is a decent manager, but as a person he is so vulgar, so low-life. Come on, Saelemakers? So you attack kids now?