Insults, screams and video: The incredible manager-coach altercation that shakes Torino

The mountains of the small town of Waidring (Austria), located in the district of Kitzbühel, shook. The legend even says that certain echoes made the walls of the small houses located in the surroundings vibrate. Generally peaceful, this village of around 2,000 inhabitants had a very funny Wednesday. The fault… in Torino. Indeed, after having stayed ten days in Bad Leonfelden, the Piedmontese club decided to put down its suitcases at Waidring for the second part of its summer greening, as in the program. And so far, nothing out of the ordinary. Before this famous Wednesday morning.

Arrived the previous evening to follow his troops, Davide Vagnati, the sports director of Toro, was certainly able to witness the victory against Apollon Limassol (1-0) in a friendly match on Wednesday at the end of the afternoon. But he probably hadn’t foreseen what preceded: an altercation with Ivan Juric, his trainer, renowned for his outspokenness and his strong character. If the two would certainly have preferred it to remain secret, this clash quickly landed in the public square. First via the Italian media, made aware of the case. Then, the grand finale, with the publication of the video of the scene in question on social networks, which had a great time sharing it and, of course, commenting on it. It must be said that there was material.

Filmed secretly from the balcony of the hotel, and broadcast then deleted from Twitter by a mysterious account, before finally being published on Youtube, the sequence – which lasts a good minute – is surreal. At its beginning, we see Vagnati and Juric disembarking in the parking lot in the middle of a discussion, and probably not to choose lunch.

“When you go to see the president and you say nothing to me, you disrespect me“, launches him in particular the leader. “But he wants you to go, to disappear“, answers Juric. There follow jostling, insults and screams. “I make you the team“, loose the sporting director, “no you don’t do anything“, replies the coach, who is retorted that he “is nobody“and that he does not”must not raise your voice“. “You must have respect, as I have for you (…) I always defend you with the other idiot head (probably its president, editor’s note)”, shouts Vagnati. Atmosphere … The two men are then separated as best they can by their “team manager”, who prefers to avoid the worst.

“Things That Happen”

According to information from the Italian press, the cause of the dispute is simple: a transfer window which is struggling to take off, departures which are linked and a worrying immobility. “There was a discussion, it was not pretty to see but these are things that happen when two people want to do things a certain wayreacted the sporting director to Sky Italia. The “mister” would like players as soon as possible, we are doing our best in a difficult transfer window situation. We’ll give him the players he needsThe Toro has notably seen the departure of Andrea Belotti, Gleison Bremer and Josip Brekalo.

“After all that, we hugged and said what to saycontinues Vagnati. We are two real people who tell each other things as they are: it is also thanks to these discussions and this spat that we can start off on the right foot. We want to do well, the “mister” is just concerned and that’s legitimate. We understand it (…) He has big goals and so do we. Let’s think about doing good for Torino.”

Urbano Cairo, the president granata, has made it clear that he will not take any sanction against the two protagonists. “The episode is officially closed, the two had an explanation and we can now turn the page“, let us know the club.