Touchline Turmoil: Allegri Faces Italian Federation Spotlight After Napoli Showdown

What happened on the touchline

A newspaper report says Italian Football Federation inspectors documented the personal insults Massimiliano Allegri hurled at Gabrielle Oriali, Napoli's assistant to Antonio Conte, during the semifinal on the touchline.

Milan were defeated 2-0 by Napoli in the Italian Super Cup semifinal, sealing Napoli's passage to the final, which will be held in Saudi Arabia and broadcast via the Thama app.

Next steps and potential penalties

Video from Sport Mediaset shows Allegri shouting at Oriali on the touchline.

Napoli issued a statement accusing Allegri of repeated insults toward Oriali. The Italian federation's public prosecutor Giuseppe Chinè has received a file about the clash, and investigators will review the incident. The sanction could be a fine or a one-match ban, with the former likely at this stage; the final decision will depend on the report's details.

Punchline time: If talk were a card, Allegri would’ve been downgraded to a yellow for style alone.

Punchline time 2: Someone should tell the microphone there’s a game on—let’s avoid letting it humiliate the coaches next time.