During the match, substitutes of the two teams, who are fiercely competing for the top of the league, exchanged insults several times following a mistake made by Napoli's central midfielder. Napoli, the reigning Italian football champions, condemned the actions of AC Milan's head coach Massimiliano Allegri as 'completely out of control' during the Super Cup semi-final, which the southern club won 2-0 in Riyadh. The southern club added: 'We hope that this completely out-of-control incident will not go without accountability.' The statement said: 'Napoli strongly condemns the behavior of Massimiliano Allegri, coach of AC Milan, who, in front of dozens of people on the pitch and live on air, repeatedly directed vile and repeated insults at Gabriele Uriale (Napoli's sporting coordinator).'
