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The return of AC Milan defender, Andrea Conti, after a one – year layoff after an injury, ended in a three – game ban. He knocked on the door of the referee and insulted the official of the match at the end of a youth team match.
FILE PHOTO: Football Football – Serie A – AC vs Milan Cagliari Calcio – Milan, Italy – August 27, 2017 Andrea Conti of AC Milan in action with Nicolo Barella and Marco Capuano Cagliari REUTERS / Alberto Lingria / Photo File
MILAN: The return of AC Milan defender, Andrea Conti, after a one-year dismissal after an injury, ended in a three-match ban after hitting the door of the Referee and insulted the match official at the end of a youth team match.
Meanwhile, club director Paolo Maldini, who has spent 25 years in Milan, was banned for insulting the official after the match against Chievo, the Serie A league announced in a statement.
Conti, 24, was playing his first game at any level since last August after suffering a knee injury.
The Serie A disciplinary court said that Conti "found the referee in his locker room at the end of the match and prevented him from closing the door by hitting him with both his fists. had shouted at the referee offensive words ".
The statement adds that Maldini "entered the cloakroom of the umpire without permission and sent him a hurtful remark".
Maldini recorded a record 647 league appearances in Serie A before retiring at the age of 40 in 2009. He has recorded 902 club matches in all competitions, winning seven Serie A titles and five titles in the European Cup or Champions League.
(Written by Brian Homewood, edited by Alexandra Hudson)
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