ROME – There are only a few crumbs left of the season to play. But he thinks about having to pass it to the stands just for a spit. The Fiorentina championship no longer has much to offer. But in any case, Vincenzo Italiano won’t be pleased not to be able to have his assistant next to him on Sunday against Sassuolo. Daniel Niccoliniassistant coach of Florentine, he was in fact disqualified. Not for one or two days, but until May 7th. The reason? A spit aimed at the Atalanta fans who insulted him in the semi-final second leg of Italian Cup.
Fiorentina, Italiano’s assistant disqualified for spitting at opposing fans
“In the 30th minute of the second half, reacting to the repeated insults directed by the Atalanta supporters positioned behind the Fiorentina bench, he got up from the bench and reached the partition between the bench and the stands and spat towards the fans of the opposing team”. Thus wrote the sports judge of the Italian Cup, Alessandro Zampone. Which disqualified him for the time being, until May 7th. It means that Niccolini will certainly miss Fiorentina’s matches against Sassuolo and Verona. Yes, even if it is not the same competition in which he was sanctioned. As if that wasn’t enough, Kouamé also received a one-match ban (in the cup) “for having, at the end of the match, thrown a plastic bottle into a sector of the stadium occupied by supporters of the opposing team”.
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Kouamé throws a bottle into the stands
The reason is explained by article 19 of the sporting justice code: “The members of the clubs, the members and non-members referred to in the art. 2, paragraph 2 against whom time-limited disciplinary measures have been adopted, cannot carry out any sporting activity within the Federation until the sanction itself has been duly served”. Regardless of the competition. The good news is that we are talking about a federal, not an international, scope. On paper, therefore, Niccolini should normally be on the bench with Brugesin the semi-final of Conference League. It could have been much worse.
