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Rafael Leao posted the infamous image of Paolo Di Canio making a fascist salute in response to criticism from the ex-AC Milan and West Ham star.
WHAT HAPPENED?
AC Milan have endured a miserable start to the 2024-25 season, losing one and drawing two of their opening three games. Paulo Fonseca’s side were held to a 2-2 draw at Lazio last time out, with Leao netting a crucial late equaliser. However, the Portuguese winger was also seen standing with Theo Hernandez on the far side of the pitch while Fonseca spoke to the rest of the team during a touchline cooling break, which left Di Canio enraged as he covered the game as a pundit for Sky Calcio Club.
WHAT PAOLO DI CANIO SAID
The former AC Milan and West Ham striker said: “If something like this happens after work, even with my friends messing around and playing, if someone sits there on the side with their big bellies, I tell them: ‘Hey, what are you doing? Come and help us’. And you have to pay €10 to play on the pitch. One of them is even captain sometimes and pipes up as if to say ‘oh look at this’. It delegitimizes the situation. The coach, the team-mates who were put down by that attitude, in my day, would have been pinned up against the wall and punched. It’s a disgrace.”