Milan Fans Will Have to Settle for Reading About Their Opening Match
By: Martha | August 22nd, 2007
As was speculated last week, Milan fans have been banned from their team’s opening match at Genoa this weekend. There is a history of violence between the teams’ supporters, and a Genoa fan was stabbed to deal during their last meeting, back in 1995.
Because Genoa were relegated at the end of that season and haven’t been back in Serie A since, tensions between supporters have only increased, and graffiti urging revenge has recently appeared around the Genoa ground. As a result, the Committee for Security and Public Order (Holy awesomely socialist-sounding title, Batman! Think it’s a holdover from the Mussolini days, maybe?) in Genoa has decided to ban Milan fans just in case, rather than deal with the possible consequences of bringing the fan groups together for the first time in over a decade.
Wow, a non-crisis mandated sign of caution regarding football in Italy! Is this for real? Look out for flying pigs, people, because taking practical decisions like this is pretty much unheard of, at least lately. Moving the game up to the middle of the afternoon and pretend that will help, sure. But actually saying “It’s safer to keep them away for now”? Positively shocking (in a good way).
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It’s a sad but a good and needed measure. Whether it’s done out of cowardice, laziness or for benevolent reasons I applaud Genoa. Wouldn’t be the first time I admire them.
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