Chapter 164: An Eventful Time in Italy

Hannover doesn't rain as much as Milan, but the air in early spring in Germany is harsher than in Italy, and February in Hanover is still full of frost and canal icebreakers plough over and over the broken ice.

Outside the window, on the roadway along the river, seven or eight girls full of youth are chattering, they are holding cameras to take pictures or selfies, and their slightly bloated winter clothes cannot hide their slender posture at all.

If the beauty of summer is an eye-catching ice cream, then the girl in winter is a cake full of makeup, and each has its own merits.

Zhuo Yang stood in the window of the small second floor by his canal, admiring the beautiful scenery outside and the people in the scenery. The coffee in his hand was still warm, looking at those laughing and struggling students, Zhuo Yang didn't feel cold in winter.

It's been a few days since the semi-final with Roma, and no matter what the controversy is, the outcome cannot be changed. The referee on duty at that game, Nikola Rizzoli, was a responsible person, and after he found out through the video after the game, he publicly apologized to AC Milan and Zhuo Yang in the newspaper the next day.

But so what?

The football thing must be taken and put down, and the days must go on. Although it seems a little helpless to say this, it is not the best way to comfort yourself.

Zhuo Yang should not have been here today, he and AC Milan were supposed to prepare for the 22nd round of Serie A against Ascoli at the Benigni Stadium at this time, but the game was postponed indefinitely, and Serie A has been an eventful season.

The accident occurred yesterday on the beautiful island of Sicily, in an early match for the 22nd round of the league, with Catania hosting Palermo in a Sicilian derby.

Italian fans are notoriously cowardly in Europe, but they are always the ones who end up in a conflict with fans from other countries, which may have something to do with the Italians' laid-back and pretended high personality.

The atmosphere in Serie A is the worst among any of Europe's major football countries, and attendance is the lowest among the top five leagues. The never-ending singing of the English fans, the loudest decibel shouts of the German fans, the loud invectives of Spain, and in Italy, only the noisy noise for most of the time.

Taking AC Milan as an example, the San Siro, which can accommodate 80,000 people, often has less than 40,000 fans on non-important match days, and sometimes even more than 20,000 points. This is a drop in the ocean in the majestic San Siro.

And the casual Milan fans often can't unite to shout, each stand howls its own way, and the strength used for 90 minutes is not small, but the home momentum caused is not as strong as the sparrow-like Victor.

The atmosphere in the stands of Serie A has been criticized by giants such as Milan, but there is nothing good to do about it, and the fan leaders have also said that they have done their best. This is the case with the Italian national character, which prefers to watch the newspapers with impassioned opinions and to follow all sorts of lace news to side up with the stars.

But as the saying goes, the wilting donkey kicks the dead, the biting dog does not bark, and there is no accident on the Italian court, but everything that happens is a major matter, and it is a life lawsuit.

Palermo have been a dark horse in Serie A this season, finishing third after 21 rounds, beating the likes of Lazio and Fiorentina, behind the two giants Milan and Roma. In fact, it is not appropriate to say that the dark horse is not suitable, because Palermo has been the backbone of Serie A in recent years, but the eyes of the outside world are attracted by those traditional giants, Palermo does not seem to have a strong sense of existence, in fact, AC Milan lost to them 0:2 in the San Siro in the first half of the schedule, so it can be seen that the strength of its team. After that game, Zhuo Yang was also furious, and there was a lot of undercurrent in Milanello.

Catania is this year's promoted horse, and there has been little movement in history. There are several teams in Sicily, but the match between Catania and Palermo is the most authentic derby here.

And the inhabitants of Sicily are originally an alternative to Italy, which is the homeland of the mafia, and in the European arena there are conflicts with fans from other countries, and if you can earn back a little face, you must be from Sicily.

It all started with a damp firework stick.

After Caracciolo opened the scoring for Palermo, a happy Palermo fan in the stands lit a fireworks stick in his hand, something that is not forbidden in Italy. There wasn't much flame from the damp fireworks sticks, but the smoke was not like something that small could come out. Because of the direction of the wind, the suffocated smoke smoked the two Catania fans in the stands next door to death.

In this way, from insulting to throwing fireworks sticks to fight back, for a while, there was an endless stream of keys, shoes, and mobile phones on both sides, and air raids were general. The police were in the middle to stop it, and they were all smashed so that their noses were not noses, and their faces were not faces.

The people of Sicily are fierce, and the police in Sicily are even more fierce, they directly fire tear gas, not to mention the fans who are making trouble, even the players and coaches on both sides who are playing are choked and almost die on the turf, and the referee Farina stuck his neck and lungs are about to cough out, but he didn't forget to blow the whistle to stop the game.

Half an hour later, the game resumed, but the clash simmered in the form of mass riots after the game.

Catania lost 2-1 at home, and the fans who had just been cleaned up by the police turned their anger at their own team, and they rushed into the stadium and began to smash and loot, and the water taps in the bathroom were broken.

The players, coaches, and away fans were all evacuated without a trace, leaving only the enthusiastic Catania fans to confront the police on the street.

On that night, the reporter of the newspaper "Milan Sport" said: "I feel like I am in Lebanon."

More than 100 fans were arrested, 300 were injured, 50 police officers hung their lotteries, and a riot policeman named Philippe Laziti was blown off half of his face by a homemade bomb converted from a firework stick by a fan.

This is the first time in the new century that world football has seen a clash between fans resulting in the death of a police officer.

In the eyes of the world, the Italian Football Federation urgently announced the suspension of all football competitions, including the league and the national team. Catania club president Pulvirenti has announced his retirement from football, and the airline tycoon is also exhausted by football.

I don't know when the game will be restarted, AC Milan, which was originally concentrated in Milanello before the game, watched this scene, and simply gave the players a few days off, a combination of work and rest, and Zhuo Yang simply raised his leg and went back to Hannover.

This sudden suspension of the season is an eventful season for Serie A, but for AC Milan, where many injuries need to be recovered urgently and many stars are in urgent need of adjustment, it is really a timely rain for a long time.