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Guest LondonScottish

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Na, leave it.

 

 

A 38 year old police officer was killed in the Sicilian Seeery-Bee derby between Catania and Palermo, causing the Italian Fa to suspend all this weekend matches. Shocking state of affairs when an officer dies in crowd violence; the World's already highly tarnished view of Italian football has got worse.

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Guest LondonScottish

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Least our ultras are not as bad as these lot yet!!!

 

Really sad news indeed, said it was a device that went off infront of him? :dontknow:

 

 

Never really understood Aberdeen Football Club allowing a fans group to call themselves "Ultras", and let them advertise the fact with all these crap banners, flags and coloured paper!! ! "Fortress Pittodrie"....Get a grip!! I don't even think they were bright enough to realise what the connotations of the European Ultras were. Fair enough they couldn't/wouldn't have a row in a million years, but thats not the point.......its the word association.

 

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glasgow sheep Newbie

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Italian league halted by violence

The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has called off all this weekend's Serie A and Serie B games after a policeman was killed at a match on Friday.

 

Officer Filippo Raciti died as violence flared during the Serie A game between Sicilian rivals Catania and Palermo.

FIGC has also cancelled Italy's friendly with Romania on Wednesday and all matches until a solution is found.

 

Commissioner Luca Pancalli said: "What we're witnessing has nothing to do with soccer, so Italian soccer is stopping."

He added that the decision to stop the games for the duration of the weekend was not enough, and said there would be more meetings on Monday "to identify those drastic measures that will allow us to restart. Otherwise, we're not restarting the games."

 

The game was already given an early time slot on Friday because of fears over public safety.

The derby game was suspended after an hour when tear gas, used by police to break up the fighting outside the ground, drifted onto the field.

There was fighting outside the ground, reported ANSA news agency, because Palermo fans could not get into Catania's Stadio Massimino until the second half.

 

The two teams fled the pitch for the dressing-room, with the game suspended for 30 minutes.

Prior to kick-off, a minute's silence had been held following the death of a club official from lower league club Sammartinese at a game last weekend.

Atfer the match, fans continued to fight running battles with police on the streets outside the stadium and around 100 people were being treated for injuries.

 

The federation said that another police officer was in critical condition, and police said dozens of people with lesser injuries had been taken to local hospitals.

Catania club executive Pietro Lo Monaco reacted to news of the officer's death by announcing he would leave football.

"I've heard that a policeman has died," he said. "To speak of football right now seems useless. For me this is the end. I will leave the football world.

"I don't recognise myself in this world anymore. I have loved football intensely but after this right now it seems absurd."

 

Palermo coach Francesco Guidolin was quick to blame Catania fans for the violence.

"We won the match, but we cannot enjoy this victory," said Guidolin. "Football cannot last for much longer like this. There will be no joy in it."

The Catania prosecutor's office has announced an investigation into the incident.

 

Italian prime minister Romano Prodi also issued a statement.

"After the serious incidents that occurred tonight in Catania, my first thought is for the people that have been affected and for their families," he said.

"I feel a duty to say that we need a strong and clear signal to avoid the degeneration of this sport which we are seeing more dramatically and more often."

 

Palermo had taken the lead through Andrea Caracciolo, but Catania equalised within 60 seconds of the teams coming back out thanks to Fabio Caserta.

Palermo won the game with a controversial David di Michele goal in the 83rd minute.

Story from BBC SPORT:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/sport1/hi...all/6326513.stm

 

Published: 2007/02/02 21:55:27 GMT

 

 

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glasgow sheep Newbie

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from the other day:

 

ROME, Jan 29 (Reuters) - The president of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has threatened to halt the country's championships after a weekend of violence left one man dead.

"We are on high alert. To defend referees and the image of football, I am ready to take drastic measures," Luca Pancalli said in a statement on the FIGC's website on Monday.

"I hope that with the contribution of everyone -- officials, coaches and players on the pitch and also the true fans and football lovers in the stadiums -- we can restore a climate of sportsmanship and respect that will avoid a stop to the leagues."

Tragedy struck in the southern town of Luzzi on Saturday when an official of amateur league club Sammartinese died after being caught up in a fight at the end of a game.

 

 

Ermanno Licursi, 40, collapsed and died after being punched while trying to separate brawling players and fans at the end of a match against local rivals Cancellese.

The violence continued on Sunday in cities across the country.

 

In Florence, a Livorno fan needed 20 stitches in his head after being attacked by Fiorentina fans shortly before their teams met at the Stadio Franchi.

 

In the northern city of Bergamo, police battled with a hundred Atalanta fans who tried to attack coaches carrying supporters of visiting team Catania.

 

In the fourth division, Serie D, a game between Genzano and Normanna was suspended early in the second half after a linesman was hit by a drum thrown from the stands.

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jimbojim Newbie

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Never really understood Aberdeen Football Club allowing a fans group to call themselves "Ultras", and let them advertise the fact with all these crap banners, flags and coloured paper!! ! "Fortress Pittodrie"....Get a grip!! I don't even think they were bright enough to realise what the connotations of the European Ultras were. Fair enough they couldn't/wouldn't have a row in a million years, but thats not the point.......its the word association.

 

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baldrick_sheep Newbie

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I hope this shows that all these people who defend the Aberdeen casuals are wrong.

 

Football violence, no matter what kind, is completely wrong.

 

This policeman has probably left a family behind, that is probably now ruined due to some complete wankers fighting over football.

 

ASC, I hope you are ashamed at the moment to be related to this sh*te.

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I hope this shows that all these people who defend the Aberdeen casuals are wrong.

 

Football violence, no matter what kind, is completely wrong.

 

This policeman has probably left a family behind, that is probably now ruined due to some complete wankers fighting over football.

 

ASC, I hope you are ashamed at the moment to be related to this sh*te.

 

 

Where does it say he was killed by a casual/ultra, might have chocked on tear has and fallen down some stairs :dontknow:

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He was killed by a small explosive device that exploded in his face, thought most likely to be a firework

 

 

Or a tear gas canister?? Fired from a gun???

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Just said on football focus that they reckon everyone (police) included were to blame. I hope this finally puts to rest all this crap that british fans are bad. Its about time Italy paid for the state of their football. Its just a shame its taken this for them to realise.

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I presume that Stoney was just stirring

I just couldnae be bothered arguing

 

 

Nah just wanted to throw water on balders awfull attempt at stiring up trouble :applause:

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Guest LondonScottish

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Never really understood Aberdeen Football Club allowing a fans group to call themselves "Ultras", and let them advertise the fact with all these crap banners, flags and coloured paper!! ! "Fortress Pittodrie"....Get a grip!! I don't even think they were bright enough to realise what the connotations of the European Ultras were. Fair enough they couldn't/wouldn't have a row in a million years, but thats not the point.......its the word association.

 

ul

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paulkaneatemyhamster Newbie

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I think there's a world of difference by so called "ASC Casulas" of today - and the guys involved with the disgraceful incidents in ITaly, so whilst not defnding Ultras, Casulas or whatever ther'es a big difference between wearing S.I jeans, and being mouthy and drunk at a game and activly throwing bombs at opposing fans.

 

however, for ITaly today, it could be Scotland tomorrow, so if the price of being safe a football games is crowds being moniterd at the ground and to & from the game, all seater stadiums, proper seggragation and proper ticketing then so be it.

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