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FIGC chief: It's not football violence Sunday 11 November, 2007
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Federation President Giancarlo Abete insists the death of a Lazio supporter had
nothing to do with football-related violence.
Inter-Lazio was called off after 26-year-old Biancocelesti fan Gabriele Sandri
was killed by a wayward police bullet in a motorway service station near Arezzo.
“It is a decision the football world took along with the Lega Calcio and the
Presidents of the two clubs involved in an event that had lost all meaning,”
said Abete.
“The dynamics of the incident are still being ascertained and none of us know
exactly what happened. The game could not go ahead, everyone agreed on that,
but we tried to keep the other matches going to prevent further problems.”
The other Serie A matches in Week 12 will go ahead as planned with a 10-15
minute delay, but tension is rising in stadiums all over the country.
“All teams will wear a black armband as a sign of mourning. This incident was
very different to other football violence, as it seemed to be a fight between
a small number of people and a shot went off accidentally – from what I have
been told, from quite far away – and unfortunately proved fatal.
“It is well known there are problems between a certain section of the fans and
the police, but this is not the point. Here we had a fight between two groups
of fans who were not going to play each other.”
Nonetheless, the tension between police and Ultras is escalating and there have
already been riots outside the Stadio Azzurri d’Italia with both Milan and
Atalanta fans attacking the authorities.
“This is the saddest thing. A tragic and entirely accidental event should not
create further violence against the police authorities. It was an accident that
unfortunately caused the loss of a life,” added Abete.
“Everyone must have the intellectual honesty to recognise this has little to do
with the football world and was a tragic accident that could have happened in
any other situation.”
In previous years when a fan or police officer was killed, the Serie A round was
immediately called off, but the FIGC President explained why this was not
repeated this time.
“We also considered calling off all the games, but believe we made the right
decision. It is sad to say it, but we cannot put this incident in with the
events of Catania, where there was effectively pre-planned warfare between
Ultras and the police.
“Here was a fight that broke out in a motorway service station – we’re not
even sure the fight had anything to do with sporting affiliation – and a tragic
accident where a human life was lost.”
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