Video emerges as coaches from Roma and Bodo/Glimt face suspension for brawl in players’ tunnel
A Bodo/Glimt statement in the immediate aftermath said: “The goalkeeping coach of Roma positioned himself illegally outside the coaching staff, where he continuously verbally and gesturingly harassed Knutsen.”
Knutsen added: “Everything culminated in a physical attack on me in the player tunnel. Usually I’m so by nature that I would withdraw. In this case, I was physically attacked. He grabbed me by the neck and pushed me into the wall. It is only natural that I then had to defend myself.”
Roma captain Lorenzo Pellegrini had earlier accused Knutsen of confronting Santos.
“The dressing rooms are opposite each other. Knutsen started saying something to our goalkeeping coach and then attacked him.
“It was an unpleasant incident for the competition and for fair play. I’m disappointed because we came here with respect, but incidents like this are an insult to Roma and to the competition. It’s shameful.”
A Roma statement last week said they were confident in the Uefa enquiry, after a statement from the governing body said both clubs were under investigation for “conduct (which) is insulting or otherwise violates the basic rules of decent conduct” with a potential suspension of up to five Uefa competition matches.
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