Bastoni exults after controversial red to Kalulu, social media goes haywire: "Gattuso leave him at home"

Alessandro Bastoni in the eye of the storm on social media for his reaction to Pierre Kalulu’s controversial ejection during Inter-Juventus. At 42′ the French defender, previously cautioned for a foul on Barella, received his second yellow for a tactical foul for stopping Bastoni, who was launched on a counterattack.

Replays, however, show that the contact between the Blue and the transalpine defender is not there, and that Bastoni simulated. VAR cannot intervene in the case of a double yellow card, and referee La Penna confirms the ejection. Bastoni, behind Kalulu&#8217s back, starts cheering.

“From warning for simulation to Bastoni and then expulsion Inter to made-up yellow and expulsion Kalulu”, “Bastoni’s gesture leading to Kalulu’s expulsion is of extreme unsportsmanship”. “Gattuso should seriously consider leaving him at home, the’unsportsmanship shown by #Bastoni does not match the values of the Azzurri”, are the comments on social media.

Luca Franzosi

Also abroad, the simulation and the subsequent gesture of the Inter defender’Inter were harshly condemned.