The agent of Atalanta striker German Denis has blasted Empoli defender Lorenzo Tonelli after Sunday's bust-up.

Denis has been given a five game ban after punching Tonelli following the 2-2 draw between the two sides.

"In his career, German has always been a proper footballer, a role model," Leo Rodriguez told Tuttomercatoweb.

"I think there's a limit to everything, German has done wrong, but Tonelli's behaviour was shameful, he threatened to kill him and his family, and that's something which just isn't done.

"It's wrong to say that anything can happen on the pitch.

"Empoli revealed the incident, so everyone thinks that German punched Tonelli. But no-one is aware of what got the human side of German.

"I'd rather not comment on the suspension."