Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis is likely to soon receive a significant fine for actions during a recent television interview. The incident occurred Monday evening, the night before Napoli’s massive Champions League matchup with Barcelona. The two sides previously tied 1-1 in Italy during the first leg of the round of 16 matchup. Whichever club wins the game on Tuesday in Spain will advance to the quarterfinals of the competition.
The mood was initially calm when Napoli forward Matteo Politano was speaking with Sky Italia‘s Massimo Ugolini in a pitchside interview ahead of the fixture. Nevertheless, things soon changed when De Laurentiis interrupted the interview by shouting at his player to not talk to the particular news source. “Politano! Politano! With you (Sky), he’s not allowed to talk,” the Napoli President proclaimed.
Politano, seemingly a bit puzzled, adhered to the request and walked away from the scene. De Laurentiis, however, turned back to Ugolini and the cameraman on the field. The Napoli executive proceeded to yell at the duo and subsequently pushed the cameraman on duty. The cameraman had to step back to avoid losing his balance.
De Laurentiis also claimed that his players were only doing interviews with fellow SkySports reporter Gianluca Di Marzio. The news outlet had direct authority from UEFA to conduct the discussion due to a previously agreed broadcasting deal with the governing body. As a result of the shove, De Laurentiis, and Napoli, will both likely receive a fine.
Serie A recently fined Napoli for not doing interviews with DAZN
Following the incident, Sky Sports director Federico Ferri took to social media to lambaste De Laurentiis for his actions. “Sky Sport decides who does Sky Sport interviews,” Ferri on X. “I’m speechless at what happened to our journalist and our cameraman: I condemn it without other comments. One thing is certain: we’ll go ahead as always, with professionalism, accuracy,…
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Author : Chris Moore
Publish date : 2024-03-12 16:09:32
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