{"id":30320,"date":"2025-05-27T15:28:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T15:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/nicolo-zaniolo-accused-of-provoking-youth-players-after-match\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T15:29:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T15:29:00","slug":"nicolo-zaniolo-accused-of-provoking-youth-players-after-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/nicolo-zaniolo-accused-of-provoking-youth-players-after-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicolo Zaniolo accused of provoking youth players after match"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Former Aston Villa midfielder Nicolo Zaniolo has been accused of provoking Roma’s youth-team players – with two of them reportedly “struck” following a match on Monday.<\/b><\/p>\n

The alleged incident happened after Fiorentina’s Under-20s beat their Roma counterparts in the Italian Primavera semi-final.<\/p>\n

Zaniolo – who joined Fiorentina on loan from Galatasaray in February, having left Roma in 2023 – attended the match.<\/p>\n

Roma alleged, external<\/span><\/a> that Zaniolo entered their dressing room after the match and “engaged in provocative behaviour towards some of the Giallorossi youth players”.<\/p>\n

“During the confrontation, two players from the Primavera squad were reportedly physically struck,” a club statement added.<\/p>\n

“AS Roma cannot but firmly condemn any form of aggressive conduct or behaviour that does not align with the values of sport.”<\/p>\n

Zaniolo, responding to the claims in a statement, external<\/span><\/a> released by Fiorentina, said: “At the end of the match I went down to the locker room to congratulate the Fiorentina boys and then I went to the Roma locker room to say hello and congratulate them on the season.<\/p>\n

“At a certain point they started insulting me so, at that point, to avoid the situation degenerating, I preferred to leave.”<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old did not address Roma’s claim that two of their players were struck.<\/p>\n

Zaniolo – who scored the winning goal for Roma in the 2022 Uefa Conference League final – left Roma in 2023 to join Galatasaray, and has since had loan spells at Villa, Atalanta and Fiorentina.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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