He pees in front of the public: expelled

Cristian Bunino made it big. But if he hadn't made it so blatant, he would have remained a football carneade, one of the many who slam between one area and another in the Serie C championships.

Because such is the attacker of Lecco, a team that represents one of Manzoni's places par excellence.

In Piacenza, in the legendary "Garilli", on Sunday he got expelled before even entering the field for peeing on the sidelines. In a secluded place, it's true, but appearing in front of almost 2,500 spectators is not decent, at least that's what the referee thought.

The match is one of those that is worth a season. And in the 76th minute Luciano Foschi, a former Lazio defender and old acquaintance of Sardinian football, having played on the Nespoli lawn and coached Olbia for years in both Serie D and C2, decides for his Lecco to insert a third aims to try to win a match that doesn't unpin (and won't unpin) from 0-0. Bunino, 26, from Piedmont from Pinerolo, starts the warm-up knowing he will have to enter the field in a few minutes.

Suddenly, from the warm-up strip, he runs towards the Curva Sud, behind the Lecco gate, and withdraws to pee against the grates, where he thought he wouldn't be seen.

But first the linesman and then the referee decide not to let him get away with it. Sent off before entering the field. Now he will be disqualified for one round. Foschi spreads his arms: Lecco doesn't go beyond fourth place. "It's the regulation and it must be applied," said the former Olbia coach. "But I was hoping that the triad used common sense because it didn't offend anyone, no one saw it." And Piacenza, last in the standings, thanks for the perhaps unexpected point.