Giancarlo Favarin, coach of Italian Serie C side Lucchese, has been banned for five months after he headbutted a member of Alessandria's coaching staff on Sunday.
The two sides drew 2-2 in a league match at Lucchese's Stadio Porta Elisa. Toward the end of the encounter, a brawl ensued on the touchline and footage showed Favarin violently attacking Gaetano Mancino, Alessandria's assistant coach:
James DartLucchese coach Giancarlo Favarin given five-month ban for this on Alessandria assistant after weekend Serie C game https://t.co/btXvsPhHYB
Per Reuters, as well as the headbutt, Favarin has been banned for making "blasphemous remarks" during the match and telling "his own player to 'break the legs' of an opponent.