Arrigo Sacchi says that he would have ‘reacted in the identical means’ as Ivan Juric, had certainly one of his gamers acted as Ademola Lookman did throughout within the Champions League on Wednesday night time.
Atalanta snatched all three factors in controversial scenes after Lazar Samardzic scored from a ninetieth minute counter assault following Marseille appeals for an Ederson handball within the space down on the different finish.
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The match was additionally marked by an argument on the touchline between Atalanta head coach Juric and star ahead Lookman following the attacker’s second-half substitution.
Lookman gave the impression to be annoyed with Juric’s determination to take him off with the scores at 0-0, Juric then grabbed and pulled Lookman by the arm, and training employees needed to rapidly step in to calm the state of affairs.
What Sacchi stated about Juric-Lookman row
CREMONA, ITALY – OCTOBER 25: Ivan Juric, Head Coach of Atalanta seems to be on in the course of the Serie A match between US Cremonese and Atalanta BC at Stadio Giovanni Zini on October 25, 2025 in Cremona, Italy. (Photograph by Emmanuele Ciancaglini/Getty Photos)
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Whereas a number of supporters on-line, plus to seize Lookman by the arm in entrance of the world’s cameras, Sacchi believes that the participant ought to have higher accepted the coach’s determination to take him off.
“I used to be sorry to see the argument between him and Lookman after the striker’s substitution,” Sacchi wrote in his column.
“I attempted to place myself in Juric’s exhibits, and I concluded that I might’ve reacted in that means as nicely. Gamers don’t all the time perceive that the coach all the time must be revered, even in the event you don’t agree with their selections.
“I hope that this incident will probably be clarified rapidly, and that they draw a line below it for the nice of the group.”