Paolo Di Canio was infamous for some high-profile outbursts as a participant and a supervisor, and it seems that trait stays in his guise as a TV pundit.
The West Ham and Lazio legend is now a daily pundit for Sky Sports activities Italia however took his evaluation to a weird new stage on Wednesday night time.
Throughout the present’s broadcast of the Champions League quarter-final ties between Arsenal versus Sporting and Bayern Munich towards Actual Madrid, the 57-year-old inexplicably headbutted his desk thrice.
The reason for his frustration got here after being presenter Federica Masolin requested Di Canio when Italian soccer would attain the Premier League’s stage.
This prompted Di Canio to sarcastically reply: ‘I have been good to this point, and now you need to provoke me. You need to make me unhappy!’
Di Canio’s response to headbutting the desk was completed in a light-hearted method but it surely got here with a consequence as he lower his head open with the pressure.
Paolo Di Canio headbutted the desk thrice whereas working and lower his head whereas on TV
The Sky Sports activities Italia pundit drew blood, to the laughter of presenter Federica Masolin
Upon realising his harm, it triggered humour amongst Masolin and the manufacturing staff – with Di Canio himself elevating a smile.
Fabio Capello was working alongside Di Canio and he was the primary available to are likely to his harm, with the previous England and Roma supervisor giving him a tissue to wipe away the blood.
It has been a Champions League marketing campaign to overlook for Italian groups. Reigning Serie A champions Napoli completed within the backside of the 32-team league section, whereas Inter Milan and Juventus have been knocked out of the play-off phases.
Solely Atalanta made it to the last-16 however they have been subsequently thrashed 10-2 on mixture by Bayern.
In the meantime, the Premier League is represented within the semi-finals by Arsenal and noticed all six of its sides attain the last-16 phases earlier than its earliest eliminations.
Di Canio’s notoriety as a participant contains shoving referee Paul Alcock to the ground throughout his time at Sheffield Wednesday in September 1998 after being despatched off for struggling with Arsenal defender Martin Keown, who was additionally proven a purple card.
The Italian was subsequently banned for 11 video games and fined £10,000.
Reflecting on that incident final 12 months, Di Canio mentioned: ‘I don’t know why I put my arms on him…however I believed on the time, if I had pushed my eight-year-old daughter, she couldn’t have fallen down like that!’
He joined West Ham United in January 1999 and have become a membership legend there – scoring 51 targets in 141 video games for the membership.
