Juventus administrators Damien Comolli and Giorgio Chiellini have each earned bans after the controversial Derby d’Italia in Serie A over the weekend, so what are they allowed to do and what are they prohibited from doing throughout their suspensions?
Why had been Juventus administrators Comolli and Chiellini banned?
CEO Comolli has been till the top of March because of his actions in direction of the match officers throughout on Saturday night. Chiellini has been banned till the top of February.
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Comolli was punished by the sports activities choose in Italy “for having adopted an aggressive and critically intimidating perspective in direction of the match official within the tunnel on the finish of the primary half, in search of bodily contact with him, which was prevented due to the intervention of the Juventus coach and different members of the teaching employees.”
FLORENCE, ITALY – JANUARY 4: Federico La Penna referee reacts throughout the Serie A match between ACF Fiorentina and US Cremonese at Artemio Franchi on January 4, 2026 in Florence, Italy. (Photograph by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Photos)
Comolli additionally made “critically insulting remarks in direction of the match official and repeated such behaviour outdoors the referees’ dressing room.”
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Chiellini was sanctioned “for having disrespectfully challenged the referee’s actions within the tunnel on the finish of the primary half and likewise repeating this behaviour outdoors the referees’ dressing room.”
He additionally “made offensive and significant remarks in direction of the match officers. This latter violation was reported by an assistant.”
The Juventus administrators’ remarks and actions in direction of referee Federico La Penna and his group got here after the Forty second-minute choice to ship off Pierre Kalulu for a second bookable offence.
It has since been confirmed by refereeing designator Gianluca Rocchi {that a} mistake was made by sending off Kalulu, on condition that Inter’s Alessandro Bastoni, who was carrying a yellow card himself on the time, had dived in an try and get his opponent despatched off.
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What are Comolli and Chiellini allowed to do throughout bans?
SASSUOLO, ITALY – JANUARY 06: (L-R) Francois Modesto, Juventus Technical Director, Marco Ottolini, Sporting Director of Juventus and Damien Comolli, Normal Supervisor of Juventus speak previous to the Serie A match between US Sassuolo Calcio and Juventus FC at Mapei Stadium Citta del Tricolore on January 06, 2026 in Sassuolo, Italy. (Photograph by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Photos)
In response to article 9 within the sporting code of justice (), banned administrators are prohibited from representing their golf equipment in nationwide and worldwide occasions, are prohibited from interacting with federal our bodies, are prohibited from coming into the dressing room on matchdays and are prohibited from holding conferences with gamers, membership members or brokers.
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The latter of these prohibitions would have been notably damning had the switch window nonetheless been open, as neither Comolli nor Chiellini would have been in a position to log off on incoming signings.
BOLOGNA, ITALY – DECEMBER 14: Former Juventus participant Giorgio Chiellini appears to be like on previous to the Serie A match between Bologna FC 1909 and Juventus FC at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium on December 14, 2025 in Bologna, Italy. (Photograph by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Photos)
For now, Comolli and Chiellini will be unable to carry talks with gamers’ brokers over potential contract extensions both, which implies that a renewal for Weston McKennie, whose present deal will expire on the finish of the 2026-27, could possibly be quickly placed on maintain.
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As defined by , these sanctions at the moment apply inside Italy, and it’s unlikely that the FIGC will push for the bans to be upheld by UEFA or FIFA, as was carried out when Fabio Paratici earned a 30-month suspension in 2023.
Comolli and Chiellini are nonetheless allowed to hold out administrative duties inside the membership, and are nonetheless permitted to symbolize the membership and, the place relevant, train their proper to vote in conferences between the membership and the league.