Kosta Runjaic has defined that Lorenzo Lucca’s resolution to disregard inside ‘hierarchies’ was the primary purpose behind his resolution to take the Italian off instantly after scoring a penalty kick in the course of the first half of in Serie A on Friday evening.
Udinese had been awarded a penalty half an hour into their Serie A match in opposition to Lecce on the By way of del Mare on Friday evening. Captain Florian Thauvin was on the pitch, and was the designated penalty taker, however away from him.
This led to a confrontation from a number of of his Udinese teammates, who left Lucca celebrating on his personal after he efficiently transformed previous Wladimiro Falcone. Runjaic then hooked his goalscorer instantly after the penalty.
Runjaic explains Lucca first-half substitution
The choice to interchange Lucca with Iker Bravo after 36 minutes was the primary query Runjaic was requested throughout his post-match interview with DAZN.
The coach defined that he ‘doesn’t like’ gamers who don’t obey the foundations, however insists that arguments over set-pieces is nothing new in soccer, and that the strain shall be resolved in coaching.
“Now we have clear hierarchies with penalty kicks,” Runjaic defined, reported by way of .
He continued: “I didn’t just like the dialogue, they had been speaking for a very long time, he made the choice independently and I most well-liked to take him off the pitch after he took the penalty anyway, which he shot very properly.
“Additionally it is not the primary time that two gamers on a workforce have argued over who will get to take a set-piece. We will certainly discuss this in the course of the week.
“I made this selection as a result of I don’t like those that don’t respect the foundations, so I needed to take measures. Nevertheless, this may all be solved in coaching and we’ll concentrate on our subsequent match.”
