Fiorentina trainer fired following shocking dug-out scenes, as he beats his own player on the bench.

Florence / NationalTurk – Fiorentina coach Delio Rossi has been sacked after physically attacking, even beating his midfield player Adem Ljajic during Wednesday night’s 2-2 draw at Serie A game with Novara.

The shocking incident on the bench occured after Adem Ljajic showed his apparent dissent at being substituted just 32 minutes into the Fiorentina vs Novara game, which had enormous importance for both sides in the hopes of not being relegated to Serie B.

Fiorentina chairman Andrea Della Valle released a statement after the match and posted on the club’s official website: ‘ In a few seconds months of stress came out. I am sorry because the manager has never committed acts of this kind. ‘

‘ For his own good to make him understand he has made a mistake I had to take this decision. No provocation justifies this reaction.’

Della Valle confirmed Adem Ljajic would also face action for his part in the incident.

But he stated he would wait to declare who would take charge of Fiorentina for the rest of the season.

“For his own good to make him understand he has made a mistake I had to take this decision. No provocation justifies this reaction.”

Respect for the Fiorentina trainer, but..

“Also for respect of the person with whom I believed in to reconstruct Fiorentina I will say nothing official until Thursday,” he added.

“Then you will know who will be given the reins of the team.

“We will also take proportionate measures against Ljajic.

“Rossi has not justified it to me but he is someone who has never done anything like this. I am sorry also that in the 10th year of my reign and with what he has brought – we have won at Milan and Roma and I believed here we would have achieved safety, certainly not that I would have to take a decision like this.”

Watch the dramatic events unfolded as Fiorentina fought to confirm their Serie A status

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The point was enough to put them six points clear of the drop zone of Serie A with two games remaining.

Fiorentina are all but certain to be in the top flight next season, but it does not mask what has been a difficult campaign.

And it seems the pressure of relegation threat got to Delio Rossi, who replaced Sinisa Mihajlovic at the helm in November.

Television pictures clearly show the Fiorentina manager attacking Ljajic as he took his place on the bench.

The player appeared to sarcastically clap his coach’s decision to substitute him, and Rossi responded by throwing punches as others on the bench attempted to restrain him.

Fiorentina were 2-0 down at the time, but battled back to a 2-2 claim an important point.

And Della Valle wants to see more of that kind of spirit as they look to recover from the shock of Rossi’s departure.

“This team needs unity to get away from the relegation situation,” he said. I know now that Delio Rossi is suffering more than anyone.

“But I want to respect the work he has done until now.”

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