The manager of  Lucchese in Serie A has been given a five-month ban for head-butting a member of the opposition staff and telling a player to break an opponent's legs.

Footage of the match showed Giancarlo Favarin headbutting Gaetano Mancino, assistant coach of rivals Alessandria.

The flashpoint took place during a brawl at the end of a 2-2 draw between the sides on Monday.

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Mancino was caught off-balance and knocked to the ground by power  of the thuggish blow.

The Serie C tribunal said of his behaviour during the brawl: 'Favarin began a slanging match with a member of the opposing team's staff at the peak of which he hit the latter with a violent headbutt, making him fall to the ground'.

But the violent act wasn't Favarin's only indiscretion during the clash.

The tribunal added that the 60-year-old 'invited his own player to 'break the legs' of an opponent.'

Favarin has spent 24 years in management and been in charge of 21 different teams around the lower echelons of Italian football.

Mancino, the recipient of the headbutt, has also been punished for 'offensive and provocative behaviour' and was given a two-match ban.