Luca Toni Denied Entry with His Dog to a Club in Reggio Emilia

Luca Toni, the former striker of the Italian national football team, criticizes on Instagram a club in Reggio Emilia for not allowing him to enter with his dog. "Madness. It's 2024 and in this club in Reggio Emilia dogs are not allowed to enter. Well done," said the champion who was there to watch his 10-year-old son's football match. Toni showed up with his golden retriever Stella, but was turned away at the entrance of the Onde Chiare club. In the stories on social media where he reported the incident, the champion also filmed his dog on a leash and said: "Look at this so dangerous dog... Unfortunately, in this club everything enters, but not dogs..." Shortly after, a new video: "The mega director came out to tell me that due to hygiene problems dogs are not allowed since there is a terrace with a swimming pool. Too bad the pool was closed today... Madness." The club's response The director of the private club Enrico Cavazzoni gave his version to the newspaper Il Resto del Carlino: "In no club in Reggio Emilia are dogs allowed to enter. There are hygiene standards to be respected and we were setting up the solarium for the next opening. None of the 700 members has ever complained, if everyone brought their own dogs here it would be an unmanageable situation. Moreover, it is not true that we denied Mr. Toni the opportunity to watch his son's match. As he did shortly after, it was possible to go around the club and get directly in front of the fence of the playing fields. I explained all this in a polite manner, but he preferred to make a story on Instagram like a 16-year-old."