Video: West Ham legend Di Canio in pain after table headbutt during Italy rant on live TV
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Former Italian striker Paolo Di Canio was meant to jokingly headbutt a table on live TV while talking about the crisis of Italian football last night, but actually hurt himself, needing intervention from Fabio Capello.
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Former West Ham star Di Canio has made headlines in Italy after hurting himself on live TV on Wednesday night while commenting on the Champions League quarter-final second leg between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, which the Germans won 4-3.
ROME, ITALY – MAY 14: Paolo Di Canio attends during the A-Words at Ara Pacis on May 14, 2019 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images for Lega Serie A)
The host, Federica Masolin, asked Di Canio, “When will our football reach this level?” and Di Canio sarcastically replied: “I’ve been good so far, and now you want to provoke me. You want to make me sad!”
At that point, the ex-striker repeatedly headbutted the table in front of him, but he did it too vigorously, so Capello, a fellow Sky Sports pundit, had to stand up and check on him.
“What did you do?” asked the former coach.
Di Canio had already put a tissue on his head and said, “You provoked me, I’m going to smash my head.”