Fiorentina coach Vincenzo Montella warned that more top players will want to leave Italy’s Serie A following the chaotic scenes that marred the Coppa Italia final at theStadio Olimpico in Rome on Sunday. The game was delayed 45 minutes amid rumors that a Neopolitan fan shot in the chest outside the stadium had died. The game was only given the go-ahead after intensenegotiations between Napoli captain Marek Hamsik, the authorities, and the leaders of the hardcore fan bases for both teams known as ‘ultras,’ where it was eventuallyresolved that the fan was still alive and that the shooting likely had nothing to do with the game. Napoli went on to win the match, 3-1, thanks to two early goals from LorenzoInsigne and a late third from Dries Mertens.
Afterward, Montella expressed his regrets. “Do I have any regrets? Yes, not being able to enjoy the emotion of thefinal because of what happened before the game,” the Viola coach said. “Unfortunately this is what our soccer is like. There is incredulity at the situation. This way we’ll lose manymore players, as it’s only normal they will seek other paths. It certainly could’ve been a better day of sport. There was everything needed to offer a different spectacle.”