Fabio Quagliarella reveals Antonio Conte’s response to his complaints a couple of substitution at Juventus: ‘He principally insulted me in entrance of the crew, and I apologised.’
Conte confronted Kevin De Bruyne’s anger on Sunday when he changed the Belgian star throughout a Serie A match in opposition to Milan.
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The Italian tactician warned De Bruyne that he had picked “the flawed particular person” if he was sad in regards to the substitution after which reiterated that he’d
Former Juventus striker Quagliarella is sort of acquainted with this example.
Quagliarella recollects Conte’s anger
Sampdoria’s Fabio Quagliarella celebrates after scoring the 1-0 lead through the Italian Serie A soccer match between UC Sampdoria and Empoli FC in Genoa, Italy, 19 February 2022. EPA-EFE/LUCA ZENNARO
The ex-Italy worldwide performed beneath Conte in Turin and revealed what occurred when he complained to the Italian tactician a couple of substitution.
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“I made a joke saying: ‘Combine these numbers a bit as a result of the 27 all the time comes out,” Quagliarella
MILAN, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 28: Antonio Conte, Head Coach of Napoli through the Serie A match between AC Milan and SSC Napoli at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on September 28, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Pictures)
“Within the assembly the day after the sport, he requested me what I had mentioned, and I didn’t need to repeat the joke as a result of we had misplaced, so I mentioned I had cursed at him as a substitute.”
Quagliarella nonetheless vividly remembers Conte’s response: “He principally insulted me in entrance of the crew, and I apologised,” the ex-striker mentioned.
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De Bruyne’s Napoli stats
MILAN, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 28: Kevin De Bruyne of Napoli
scores a penalty aim through the Serie A match between AC Milan and SSC Napoli at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on September 28, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Pictures)
De Bruyne has scored three targets – two from the spot – in 5 Serie A appearances with Napoli.
The Belgian ace had additionally been changed throughout an away Champions League sport in opposition to his former membership, Manchester Metropolis, two weeks in the past.