FC Sion owner and president Christian Constantin attacked former Switzerland manager and TV pundit Rolf Fringer after a 2-1 win on Thursday.
Constantin’s Super League side had just won at Lugano, to go fifth in the table, and Constantin celebrated by exacting revenge on the out-of-work coach.
While the former Switzerland boss was delivering his post-match summary, he was ambushed, kicked, and seemed to be jabbed in his face.
Fringer claimed after the assault that Constantin’s son pounced on him first - away from the cameras - and his fuming father followed it up with a second barrage.
The TV star had struck the first verbal blows in the previous week, laying into the boss, saying: “He is a narcissist, he has zero empathy towards the world, he has no respect for others.”
After Constantin turned the row physical, he explained why he got violent.
He said: “Rolf Fringer has mistreated me this week, so I went and settled this.
"I grabbed him and I've kicked him in the backside. It felt good. When you are attacked, you have to defend yourself.”
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The Swiss Football League confirmed it would open disciplinary proceedings into the incident, saying: “As the television pictures show, Sion president Christian Constantin was involved in a physical altercation with Teleclub football expert Rolf Fringer. Constantin confirmed the incident in a television interview.”
Fringer, who has managed Switzerland and Zurich Grasshoppers, has not run a side since 2012 but is a popular pundit.
And he said he was stunned by the brawl from the 70-year-old, he said: “I’m still shocked.
“You just don’t imagine something like that happening.”
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