Lecce, D’Aversa poised after sensational headbutt: “I lost lucidity”

Lecce, D'Aversa risks big after headbutt: "I lost clarityà"

Lecce coach Roberto D'Aversa has è apologized on social media after the ugly scene that occurred at the end of the Via del Mare match against Verona, when he head-butted Hellas Verona striker Henry. Both were ejected, but è the Giallorossi coach's egregious gesture to cause discussion, so much so that now his position would be at risk, also complicit in the defeat to the Gialloblu.

"I would like to apologize to everyone and at the same time briefly reconstruct the sad and unpleasant episode that saw me as a negative protagonist at the end of the Lecce-Verona match. I came into head-to-head contact with Henry, but I did not hit the Verona footballer with a headbutt, nor did I'receive it from him", are his words on Instagram.

"It è it was a physical contact, a bad example, an anti-sports image daughter of the great tension and adrenaline, which forò should not and do not want to be my excuse noré extenuating circumstances. I made a mistake and I apologize. I got carried away by the heat and lost lucidity; but not to the point of hitting another person. This does not belong to me, I reject it and I do not accept it. Once again I apologize to Henry, to the Lecce, Verona and Italian public, to the referees, to the two clubs, to my management, my staff and my team".

Lecce immediately condemned the incident and in the next few hours will provide clarity on the future of D'Aversa: "U.S. Lecce, with reference to the’episode involving coach D’Aversa and Verona player Henry, while assessing the situation of general nervousness in the end of the match, strongly condemns the gesture of its coach as contrary to the principles and values of sport".