Lucas Leiva responds to reports of Milan-Lazio post-match insults: 'False accusations'
"I would like to make it clear that the accusations made recently to my person regarding any facts in the post-match situation in Milan are totally false and unfounded," he wrote.
"In the years of my career, I have never allowed my self to lack respect for everyone. This is absolutely not a part of my professional behaviour and it offends not only third parties but also me on a human level.
"Certainly in football matches, taken by competitive tension, I may have said many things but there is always a limit that I am never allowed to overcome, as my education based on respect and common sense would never let me tolerate that conduct," the Lazio man concluded.