Lecce loses the match and their coach Roberto D'Aversa loses control after the defeat at home against Verona.
The Giallorossi coach was sent off by referee Chiffi following a headbutt given to striker Thomas Henry, in the final brawl that broke out after the final whistle.
Tempers had already flared up in the final minutes of the match between the French striker and Pongracic, but the episode involving the Giallorossi coach was even more nervous at the end.
D'Aversa was also challenged by supporters of the Curva Nord, who invited the coach to remove the disturbance.
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"It was a tense finish, in the last minutes of the match when there were some provocations. I didn't want my boys to get disqualifications or anything like that, Henry and I came into contact: the gesture wasn't nice to see, but my intention was to divide the players."
Roberto D'Aversa, Lecce coach, speaks in his examination of the final excitement and the direct red card for the contact with Henry.
And again in this regard, the coach clarifies: "I didn't enter the pitch to give a headbutt - continues D'Aversa -, I went to greet Baroni and then I wanted to avoid my players receiving any heavy disqualifications. Henry approached, but my intention was not to go to him. I repeat, an ugly gesture to see, but absolutely not premeditated. I wanted to separate the players, also because the last seven-eight minutes were a continuous provocation."
Finally, a thought on the match: "In the first fifteen minutes we were a bit tense - admits D'Aversa - and we put the match on track. If we analyze the match over the ninety minutes we came out defeated with a shot from deflected out, we created several opportunities to score but we didn't succeed."
And on the criticism towards him by the hottest fans, D'Aversa thinks like this: "The chants against me? I don't get into the fans' heads, they are free to do what they deem appropriate", the coach cuts short.
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