Bari boss Antonio Conte was the victim of a violent attack from a group of Lecce fans yesterday.
The former Juventus midfielder hails from Lecce but he made the controversial decision to work for their bitter local rivals.
Conte spent Sunday afternoon on a beach near Lecce and played a game of five-a-side football but a group of thugs gathered and attacked him.
After Conte had been punched in the face several times, a number of witnesses and bystanders gathered and a few people jumped in to defend him.
The assailants fled but Conte still sustained a number of minor injuries and the attack is a blow to authorities, who had pledged to take a zero tolerance approach to football-related violence just days earlier.
The police are currently investigating the incident and are hoping to make arrests shortly.
