Luciano Spalletti responds to Cristian Chivu: "Unacceptable"

The controversy after the controversial Bastoni-Kalulu episode in the derby d’Italia between Inter and Juventus has not subsided. On the eve of the Champions League playoff first leg match with Galatasaray, scheduled for Tuesday night at 6:45 p.m. at Rams Park in Istanbul, Luciano Spalletti returned to the subject to the microphones of Sky Sport: “There&#8217s sorrow because then I cannot coach what some situations create for you, but I can make my players become strong so that others do not use the opportunity to create these difficulties for them”.

Luca Giorgetti

“What I regret is that a good guy like Pierre Kalulu, after suffering two such colossal wrongs, has to take even of the curmudgeon from Chivu because he tells him how he should have behaved – thundered the Bianconeri coach -. This is hardly acceptable, then I could also talk about the behavior of Inter players, which I don’t have to do. Cristian I know him well, he must have realized he was wrong”.

“The red to Kalulu? For me it is a light touch, however it is a touch: you have to say it and admit it – had said the Romanian coach to the microphones of Dazn . Touch is touch, though it is light and you have to admit it is light because it is light. My player feels his hand because he anticipated it: the decision is a second yellow, an experienced player like Kalulu hands in some circumstances must keep them at home”.

“I don&#8220t speak over the words of Elkann and the directors– added Spalletti in the press conference -I can say that Pierre is a good guy, a decent person, and that he should take foolishness from the opposing coach is something I never expected. I would not have expected that from Chivu. Then that would give me a chance to talk about playing inter’s games and I don”.