Aurelio De Laurentiis. (X)
Napoli ahead Matteo Politano was giving an interview to Italian tv station Sky Sport, on the facet of the sphere, on the eve of Napoli’s Champions League match as De Laurentiis rushed onto the sphere and requested him participant to cease the interplay earlier than happening to hurl abuses and push the cameraman.
Napoli and its president Aurelio De Laurentiis may face a heavy nice from UEFA after he pushed a cameraman in an ongoing spat with Italian media.
The incident occurred when Napoli ahead Matteo Politano was giving an interview to Italian tv station Sky Sport, on the facet of the sphere, on the eve of Napoli’s Champions League match at Barcelona on Tuesday.
The interview was being broadcast dwell when De Laurentiis rushed onto the sphere, yelling: “Politano! Politano! With you (Sky), he’s not allowed to talk.”
Politano was pressured to go away, smiling bemusedly. De Laurentiis then turned again to the digital camera and hurled insults, earlier than pushing the cameraman — who needed to take a couple of steps backwards to keep away from dropping his stability.
Italian media experiences that De Laurentiis had mentioned he would solely permit his gamers to be interviewed by Neapolitans or journalists who supported Napoli.
“Sky Sport decides who does Sky Sport interviews,” mentioned channel director Federico Ferri in a submit on X, previously Twitter. “I’m speechless at what happened to our journalist and our cameraman: I condemn it without other comments.
Chi fa le interviste di Sky Sport lo decide Sky Sport.Senza parole per quello che è successo al nostro giornalista, e al nostro cameraman: lo condanno senza altri commenti.Una cosa è certa: andiamo avanti come sempre, con professionalità, rigore, credibilità. Ed educazione.— Federico Ferri (@FedericoFerri) March 11, 2024
“One thing is certain: we’ll go ahead as always, with professionalism, accuracy, credibility. And courtesy.”
De Laurentiis final month put a halt on pre-match information conferences — other than when obliged to in the Champions League — and in addition just lately banned the crew from speaking to DAZN, which broadcasts each Serie A match in Italy.
He has typically instigated a complete media blackout by the membership.
Napoli play at Barcelona on Tuesday in the return leg of the Champions League spherical of 16. They drew 1-1 in the primary leg, which was Francesco Calzona’s first match in cost after changing into Napoli’s third coach of the season.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed – Associated Press)
