Spalletti gives a show, kisses the journalist live on TV after asking her permission (VIDEO)

2026-02-09 18:10:14Sport SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Luciano Spalletti gave a surprise moment during the interview for DAZN at the end of Juventus-Lazio. An unexpected kiss for journalist Federica Zille from the black and white coach, which made everyone smile and first of all his interlocutor herself, who was surprised.

A sympathetic gesture that came after a long intervention by Spalletti, born from the episode of the alleged penalty that was not awarded to his team for Gila's foul on Cabal.

"Can I give you a kiss?" Spalletti hugs Federica Zille and gives her a kiss on the shoulder, saying then: " Contact, I gave her a kiss and it's a contact. I'm giving her a caress, it's a contact. It's about contact, we have to see what kind of contact it is". A scene that caused laughter among everyone present in the studio and probably also among the viewers at home, with the journalist very amused and perhaps even a little embarrassed by what happened. But how did she get into this situation and why?

The discussion had started earlier, with Luciano Spalletti unleashing a monologue about referees and the rules, where he stressed the need for explanatory interventions that do not leave too much room for interpretation: "You can't generalize: are all handballs fouls and all penalties? No. Are all 'step on foot' penalties? No. The point is that tonight on the field we were... twenty-two plus one, twenty-three: the only non-professional is the referee."

Precisely for this reason, Spalletti called for a reform of the referee class to make them professionals: " Therefore, a reform must be made to regulate this category of referees as well. They are very important on the field. They are the only temporary ones in the entire stadium, even those who work around them are not... yes, that's right. They must all be professionals, because it is very important that...".

He then cited as an example Bremer's handball that led to the penalty, with the doubts of the opposing coach Palladino himself. And here we get to the heart of the discussion, that of the intensity of the contact, with the kissing episode that made Federica Zille smile, who commented: "I was starting to worry."

Who is Federica Zille, DAZN journalist?

Federica Zille is one of the most recognizable faces of DAZN, where she works as a reporter on the field and in the studio, hosting several programs such as Fuoriclasse and Open Var. After her experience at Milan TV, she has been part of DAZN since 2018, also working at Radio TV Serie A. There is also a prestigious award on her CV: in 2023 she won the Coni-Ussi award as the best sports journalist under 35.

The penalty shootout episode in Juventus-Lazio

For this, Spalletti seeks clarity by also mentioning the controversial episode of Juve-Lazio. This is how he gets to the kiss, to strengthen his thesis: "It's about contact, we have to see what kind of contact it is. It's a collision, it's not contact, there's a collision. But the difficulty will always be if you think about creating rules that say: hand contact, all penalties. But how all penalties? It can't be.

"'Step on foot', all penalties? It's not like that. That's why it should always be decided, and VAR has the opportunity to evaluate. Because if it goes like this, tonight's one is a penalty for life: he stands in front, doesn't go for the ball, can't slide like that, takes on a responsibility that then creates damage. Because he gave the ball inside to make a one-two, and if this one-two is closed it could be a penalty". Before leaving, there was also a joke in front of the invitation for a future participation in the broadcast: " I want the kiss and the contact with you too".


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