wtf happened in italy

[Joey Jones]

I was at the Italy – Wales match a few years ago and the behavior of the Italian fans inside and outside the ground was a disgrace.

It’s obvious that hooliganism is widespread in Italian football at all levels. And it seems that the Italian FA has not tried hard enough to tackle the problem and it’s culminated in the death of this poor policeman.

Uefa should sort this problem out ASAP.

According to reports another policeman is in a critical condition, hope he recovers.

[Tinkerbitch]

This is horrendous and my heart goes out to the family and friends of the policeman.

I also feel really sorry for the ordinary football fans who will all be tarred with the same brush now and called animals etc and we know excatly how that feels and how it only adds to the pain of tradegy. Went to the CL Final Juve V Milan and the fans were great, as were all the Milan fans I met in Istanbul.

Hope the Italian FA and police finally have the wake up call they need, but what a price to pay.

[Ron_Mexico]

i cant say im surprised italys a ****ing banana republic

[Red_Al_77]

Remember that this was probably also said about us. It is not the club or the fans fault it is the authorities that let this be common place. The Italian FA (don't know what they are actually called) and the police need to deal with this. Don't punish those that despise this as much as we do.

Yes it was the authorities who lobbed an explosive charge at the Police officer wasn't it?

There comes a time when you have to make an example of a club. Unfortunately that means the innocent suffer but their suffering in missing the matches doesn't compare to that of the police officer's family.

[Red_Al_77]

What they must do is to do what has happened in England. They need to cover the whole stadium with cameras so they can see everything that is going on.

Then punish the guilty ones with life time bans from watching football and send them to jail. They also need more stewards inside the stadium that is looking at the crowd the whole time.

Extreme violence doesn't happen inside stadiums. Fans are well aware that if they want to have a 'real' fight then it's done away from the ground. The policemen was killed outside the ground.

[Chrono]

Yes it was the authorities who lobbed an explosive charge at the Police officer wasn't it?

There comes a time when you have to make an example of a club. Unfortunately that means the innocent suffer but their suffering in missing the matches doesn't compare to that of the police officer's family.

Clearly not but tollerence of this behaviour let it escalate. Punishing the club means that no attention will be made to other teams with the same problem and then the cycle starts again.

[Tee]

Shocking, tragic news.

The biggest disgrace is the leniency FIFA have shown to the Italian league. Ban them from CL until they get their house in order.

[Mumsafan]

The violence in Italy surrounding football has been getting steadily worse over the years and sadly, it was always going to end in tragedy. Nothing has ever been done about it. I mean, scooters being taken into games and dropped onto lower tiers - you can't tell me the stewards didn't notice a ****in scooter being taken in!


RIP

[AFII]

The violence in Italy surrounding football has been getting steadily worse over the years and sadly, it was always going to end in tragedy. Nothing has ever been done about it. I mean, scooters being taken into games and dropped onto lower tiers - you can't tell me the stewards didn't notice a ****in scooter being taken in!


RIP

They took in the scooter in small parts and then fixed it up inside the stadium.

[Mumsafan]

They took in the scooter in small parts and then fixed it up inside the stadium.

Of course they did.

[kopdan]

They took in the scooter in small parts and then fixed it up inside the stadium.

sounds like a Top Gear challenge to me

[Sydney Vicious]

In the 90s they won more Euro Cups than anyone else

Champions League - 3
UEFA Cup - 7
Cup Winners Cup - 3

Same Time

England won 1 CL and 3 CWC
Spain Won 2 CL and 2 CWC
Germany Won 1 CL, 2 UEFA Cup and 1 CWC
France Won 1 CL and 1 CWC
Holland won 1 CL and 1 Uefa Cup

They also contested 8 out of 10 Champions League Finals, 9 out Of 10 Uefa Cup Finals and 4 of 10 CWC Finals during this period

Sorry, I thought you were talking about crowd control and behaviour at grounds, hence the sarcy response

To be fair, they're World Champions and Milan were in THAT CL final so I don't think the football has gone down that much.

[Sydney Vicious]

This makes me very sad to hear this. He was just sitting in the car and they fired something into it

They should be banned from European comps including the next International comp. Dirty ****ers

100% agreement.

[spud_gun]

Italian football is rotten to the core. Given the violence that has plagued the Italian game for the last decade or so it's unfortunate that an incident like this has to happen before the footballing authoraties take decisive action.

This incident should be the catalyst for the systematic dismantling of the ‘ultra’ groups who, for some unfathomable reason, wield a great deal of power within the Italian game.

[Gaz]

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?...s+for+year+ban


Italian players' association president Sergio Campana has called for the suspension of football for up to a year in a bid to tackle hooliganism.

The FIGC announced an immediate suspension of all domestic and international football just hours after a policeman was killed during fighting between Catania and Palermo fans at the Sicilian derby.

Campana said: "FIGC commissioner, Luca Pancalli, called me and I was in total agreement with the suspension.

"But I wanted my proposal taken seriously that soccer should stop for a year in order to reflect on the evils that exist."

The FIGC have not said how long the suspension will remain in place but this weekend's domestic fixtures and both the senior and Under 21 internationals will not be played.

Campana also believes Italy should follow the example set by England in stamping out violence in football and insists a one-game suspension is not enough.

"A one-day postponement is not enough. There have been two deaths in a week in Italian football.

"If in England they've managed to beat every type of violence, I see no reason why we can't do the same.

"In England you see teams that have been relegated and applauded by their fans, here our players are hit because they lose one game.

"The culture must change. This time we can not allow it to go on. It's time to reflect, we can not lose life for absurd reasons."