Overview
- Ademola Lookman was substituted in the 75th minute and exchanged words with Ivan Juric, who then grabbed the forward’s arm before staff and players intervened.
- Club CEO Luca Percassi and midfielder Marten de Roon stepped in to separate the pair as coaching staff formed a barrier on the touchline.
- Atalanta won 1-0 through an 89th-minute strike from substitute Lazar Samardzic after an earlier penalty miss by Charles De Ketelaere.
- Juric downplayed the confrontation as a routine heat-of-the-moment episode that was clarified in the dressing room, a line echoed by winger Raoul Bellanova.
- Pundits and many supporters criticised the manager for making physical contact, though Arrigo Sacchi publicly defended Juric’s response, and the incident revives scrutiny of prior tensions surrounding Lookman.