Allegri: Mexès did not punch Chiellini

“It wasn’t a punch, it was a tussle in the box and he hit him on the back,” stated Italy’s A.C. Milan Coach Massimiliano Allegri. The Italian specialist spoke about his team’s Serie A match against Juventus, during which French international and Milan defender Philippe Mexès had punched Italian international and Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini on the back of the head during a corner.  

 “At this moment talking about objectives is almost impossible. We need to get our players back, take it one game at a time and try to climb up the table. “It was a good performance, though we made a few mistakes and allowed Juventus too many chances. Both sides did well tonight, but we made more errors than they did.“If you want to call it a punch, then call it that, but there are a thousand different fouls like that in the box. He didn’t even catch his face. It was absolutely not a punch,” Football Italia quotes Allegri as saying.