The Italian striker Graziano Pelle was removed from the team after he refused to shake the hand with the coach Giampiero Ventura last night.
He was replaced in the second half against Spain by Ciro Immobile, but he didn't stay happy and went immediately into the tunnel, ignoring the experience of greeting by the mentor.
Ventura tried to gloss over what happened after the match saying that Pele probably was frustrated by himself and by his performance, but today before noon, the Federation announced that the player was removed from the team.
He is free to return to the Chinese team Shandong and will miss Sunday's clash with Macedonia. He realized his mistake, the former Southampton striker apologized in Instagram, having determined his behaviour as 'unacceptable' and added that 'it would be fair to assume the responsibility for what happened'.
The goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon also said that it didn\'t happen, who knows what, but the player was not right. 'In such tense duels, that happens. If he's sorry, then we will be happy to take him back.' So far it is not clear whether the future of the scorer in the team is compromised.
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