283 Violent Serie A1
Not everyone is Hugo, Zamparini does not, there are many extreme fan organizations in Palermo, and many extreme fan organizations are also connected to Palermo clubs, doing scalpers and other illegal things, on the surface, laws and regulations prohibit clubs from selling tickets to extreme fan organizations, but many clubs are forced to turn a blind eye under pressure. Shushu.com is the fastest updated
This is true for the teams in the North, and it is also true for the teams in the South!
There was an incident in Rome that during the game, there were rumors that a Roma fan was killed on match day, and the extreme fans of Rome immediately instigated the fans to make trouble in the stadium and demanded that Roma stop the game, Totti went to say that it was useless, and finally the game was interrupted for a long time, until the loss of the Roma fan was confirmed to be false news.
Totti said to Spalletti at the time: "They won't let us play, if they keep kicking they will kill us!" ”
This incident fully illustrates the power of extreme fan organizations, as early as more than a year ago, Hugo actively promoted the real-name ticket, which is very useful for fighting Trapani's extreme fans, but it is of little use to other teams, because the stands of those extreme fans are fixed, and no one dares to sit in their places at will, and these extreme fans do not buy tickets themselves, but through the organization!
If you don't sell tickets to them, then wait for the empty stands, big clubs don't want to break with extreme fans, generally they have the most fan groups, and offending more means financial losses.
Small clubs are even more afraid to fight against extreme fans, and Hugo's friend Franza has to succumb to extreme fan groups because they are no different from the mafia.
In the twenty-second round of the league, the whole of Sicily seemed to be in a state of tension, and in order to avoid surprises in the weekend game, Catania applied to the professional leagues and the football federation for an early home match against Palermo.
Although Catania had been very careful, they did not make a big mistake on the day of the match, as the referee's controversial decision allowed Palermo to take the lead, and Catania fans began to clamor in the stadium and attacked each other through the barbed wire.
They threw fireworks into the stadium and burned things in the stands, making the scene full of smoke and like a war, and the game was forced to be interrupted, and the riot police arrested dozens of fans in the stands to calm the dispute and let the game go smoothly.
In the end, Palermo won, but the story does not end there, in the stadium riot, a policeman was hit in the face by a paper bomb made by extreme Catania fans in the middle of his mission, and was subsequently trampled by fans during the riot, and after the incident subsided, he was taken to the hospital but could not be resuscitated and eventually died.
Fan riots are not uncommon, and some fans have lost their lives as a result, but that situation is far less shocking than that of a police officer, because the police represent the state power, and the peculiarities of Sicily mean that the killing of police officers here will definitely be pursued to the end, and the impact will only be greater.
The president of the Football Association announced the indefinite postponement of the league at the first time, and it is not the wish of the clubs for him to make such a result, after all, Sicily is Sicily, what does it have to do with us?! But the clubs have to accept such an arrangement, and such a suspension request can be seen with your toes that it is the government's meaning, which is a matter of political correctness.
The president of Palermo, the president of the professional league, Zamparini, condemned such a violent clash at the first time, he is an outsider, and he was originally afraid of the extreme fans of Palermo, this time the matter became big, Zamparini immediately took the opportunity to open fire.
"This is the darkest day of Italian football, and if this environment is not improved, the future of Italian football is slim!"
Hugo was in Rome, he was not in Sicily, he knew what happened through the president of Catania, Pulvirenti, the first thing he thought about after what happened was to find Hugo, his influence in politics and business was very limited, and he was afraid that this big board would hit his ass.
And the only thing he can find is Hugo, Hugo has a certain influence in the political, business, and football circles, the former Prime Minister Berlusconi has a good relationship with him, and the current Prime Minister Prodi has a good relationship with Hugo, since Prodi came to power, he has met with Hugo three times, at least he is familiar, Pulvirenti hopes that Hugo can speak in front of the government because of this incident The death of a policeman is bound to rise to the political level and set off a huge storm.
"I owe you a favor! Gigi, you've got to help me anyway! "Pulvirenti asked Hugo.
This matter is big or small for Catania FC, but the big thing is that his chairmanship is the end, if it is investigated, the club's inextricable relationship with extreme fan organizations will be uprooted, and Pulverenti, the president, will probably come to an end.
But small, this matter is analyzed separately, it happened in the stadium, every time there is such a derby, the main force of security is the police, and the security personnel of the Catania club are simply powerless, so the responsibility cannot be completely attributed to the Catania club, maybe it is reasonable.
Anyway, Pulverenti thinks so, and he hopes that Hugo can help.
"Huh!" Hugo sneered, "Antonio, you are so naïve, now a policeman is dead, if nothing else, this matter will soon become the focus of the football world, and it is also a political event, do you dare to guarantee that the extreme fans are just for the controversial punishment?!" Isn't there a political appeal?! ”
Hugo doesn't believe it, as far as he knows, the extreme fan organizations of the top ten are all politically leaning, or left or right, it will not be so simple, so the darkness of Italian football also comes from this, and political forces have infiltrated the football world.
"Who can say clearly now?!" Pulvirenti said.
"They're not even afraid of the police, you can't tell?! Take the initiative to attack the police, not many people have that much courage! Hugo had just heard Pulvirenti's description, and Pulvirenti said that the angry fans went directly to the police, and that not only one policeman was killed, but many were injured, and Hugo probably felt that it might really have something to do with politics, and the fans were likely to take the opportunity to make trouble.
"How's that going to be?!" Pulvirenti said stupidly, this guy was originally a capable businessman, and he was very prosperous in shipping, but now he is "scared to pee" when he encounters such a thing, and he is really small enough.
"Hey, what are you afraid of! The worst outcome of this matter is that you give up Catania, can you still send you to prison?! Hugo was relieved.
Indeed, whether it gets bigger or smaller, the worst case scenario for Pulvirenti is to be ordered out of football, and the chances of such a scenario happening are too small unless Pulvirenti is actually doing something serious against the law.
"When something like this happens, we in the professional league have to make some statements! Antonio, do you hate that bunch of dog mongrels of extreme fans?! Hugo thought of something.
"You think I'm trying to get into trouble with those bastards?! They were all villains, holding the stands and threatening me that if I didn't cooperate with them, they would make the stadium empty and the club would fall! Pulverenti gritted his teeth and said, his words expressed the helplessness of many teams, the big ball will be difficult to control, the small ball will be even more difficult to control, and Catania's extreme fan organization is like the club's emperor.
But many bosses hate it, but they have also tolerated it, why, because in the final analysis, cooperation has achieved a win-win situation, club owners are people who know how to cooperate the most, if Pulverenti is not on this matter, maybe he will think that it is not a big deal to cooperate with extreme fan organizations, anyway, the Catania club has not lost any money, and the real victims are just which bottom fans, and most of the money of extreme fan organizations is taken from the lower fans.