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Watch Roma ace Gianluca Mancini throw PUNCH at team-mate Felix Afena-Gyan after Feyenoord win – but laugh it off as joke
ROMA team-mates Gianluca Mancini and Felix Afena-Gyan were involved in a bizarre incident during Wednesday's trophy celebrations.
The Giallorossi became the inaugural Europa Conference League winners after beating Feyenoord 1-0 thanks to Nicolo Zaniolo's winner in Tirana.
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Emotions ran high as manager Jose Mourinho broke down in tears, but perhaps no one else was more emotional than Mancini who looked ready to fight his own team-mates for some weird reason.
The centre-back was initially seen getting aggressive with Bryan Cristante after the full-time whistle.
Cristante tried to hug him but he pushed his fellow Italy international away.
It all got even weirder later when the 26-year-old huddled around Roma's first ever UEFA trophy with some of his team-mates, including Afena-Gyan.
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The two had a short conversation and as he delivered a light slap before following it up with a strong shove and what appeared to be a punch.
Afena-Gyan defended the Italian after the incident as he insisted it was all just a ";joke".
The Ghana international said: "It wasn’t serious. We joke and fight at the same. That’s how he is. It’s normal..nothing serious”
That led to some hilarious reaction on social media by fans, who agreed with Afena-Gyan that it was all light hearted.
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One tweeted: "I think he's just mad that he passed a match without getting a yellow card."
Another posted: "I think Mancini could get in a fight with his own shadow… Seems that's the way he is."
And a third wrote: "Felix Afena-Gyan: Guess who is going to Qatar later this year for the World Cup?"
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