ekerazha Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 CATANIA, Sicily -- The weekend soccer program in Italy has been suspended after a policeman was killed during fan trouble at a match between Catania and Palermo, the Italian soccer federation said on Friday. [... continue...] Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football...ania/index.html (CNN) A 38-year-old officer died as violence flared during and after the Serie A game between Sicilian rivals Catania and Palermo, which Palermo won 2-1. The game had already been given an early evening slot on Friday because of fears over public safety. FIGC has now cancelled the weekend's other games in the top two divisions. [... continue...] Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/6326513.stm (BBC) :no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted February 2, 2007 Veteran Share Posted February 2, 2007 Yeah I saw that on BBC Football...awful and just shows that this stuff is still happening in football :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekerazha Posted February 2, 2007 Author Share Posted February 2, 2007 Football matches (Italian national team ones inclued) are suspended for an undetermined time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedr0 Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 E meno male aggiungerei io... / Luckily, shall I add. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicane-UK Veteran Posted February 3, 2007 Veteran Share Posted February 3, 2007 Insanity - all over a game of football! :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpy2k4 Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 sickening this is, however, if it happened in an English game, we'd be banned from the next major tournament. Italys fans are miles worse than ours and nothing major happens to them, we get thousands banned, yet we havent killed any police officers to my knowledge and we get major warnings :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scirwode Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 sickening this is, however, if it happened in an English game, we'd be banned from the next major tournament. Italys fans are miles worse than ours and nothing major happens to them, we get thousands banned, yet we havent killed any police officers to my knowledge and we get major warnings :( I believe they are now calling for a total ban of football for up to a year, domestic and international. If that isn't extreme, I don't know what is. Also, Michel Platini, the new UEFA chief fully supports what the FIGC is doing at the moment. I can't imagine what the italian players, coaches and supporters are thinking right now if this happens. Platini backing Italian suspension Players chief calls for year-long ban Scirwode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted February 3, 2007 Global Moderator Share Posted February 3, 2007 it's just a game? people take their sports way too seriously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scirwode Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 it's just a game?people take their sports way too seriously You have no idea... :shiftyninja: . Scirwode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpy2k4 Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 ah right, yeh i didnt know about that new proposal, i guess they fully deserve that =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snyper Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Animals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klenje Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 the teams knows the names of the violent fans... but they don't want to stop. And the suspension damages those club without violent fans too... and that's not fair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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