millbank Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Catania vs Palermo Article about incident A policeman is dead and Italy’s stadiums will stand empty today as a country struggles to understand how sport could sink so low Ahead of the kick-off, a minute’s silence. Even before the murder, mourning. At six o’clock on Friday, spectators at the Catania versus Palermo derby were asked to mark the death the previous weekend of an amateur football official killed during fighting at a third division game in Calabria, in the south of the mainland. Some silence: outside the stadium was the noise of firecrackers and sirens. By the end of the night, Italian football would be obliged to mourn another fatality, to wait on news of others hospitalised after rioting and to wonder again about the direction in which its national sport is going. After the death of Filippo Raciti, a police officer on duty for the Serie A meeting between the two Sicilian clubs, there will be no games in Italy today, no Milan debut for Ronaldo, no top-of-the-table joust between Internazionale and Roma, not even the sort of regional league game at which Ermanno Licursi lost the life the minute’s silence in Sicily was supposed to respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 i heard Willis McGahee has been on vacation in Italy. Im sure this is his fault somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 What a terrible thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofiba Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Since when did they play Italian soccer games at the Palace at Auburn Hills? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meazza Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Catania vs Palermo Article about incident A policeman is dead and Italy’s stadiums will stand empty today as a country struggles to understand how sport could sink so low Ahead of the kick-off, a minute’s silence. Even before the murder, mourning. At six o’clock on Friday, spectators at the Catania versus Palermo derby were asked to mark the death the previous weekend of an amateur football official killed during fighting at a third division game in Calabria, in the south of the mainland. Some silence: outside the stadium was the noise of firecrackers and sirens. By the end of the night, Italian football would be obliged to mourn another fatality, to wait on news of others hospitalised after rioting and to wonder again about the direction in which its national sport is going. After the death of Filippo Raciti, a police officer on duty for the Serie A meeting between the two Sicilian clubs, there will be no games in Italy today, no Milan debut for Ronaldo, no top-of-the-table joust between Internazionale and Roma, not even the sort of regional league game at which Ermanno Licursi lost the life the minute’s silence in Sicily was supposed to respect. It always takes a tragedy before anyone ever decides to do something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 guys, this is hardly the first time someone has been killed in a soccer riot. its tragic, sure. but i doubt much will change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Biscuit97 Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Since when did they play Italian soccer games at the Palace at Auburn Hills? Yeah, because the worst incident in NBA History (with a grand total of 10 punches thrown) is equal to a person dying. Good logic. Last I checked, no one ever died watching those "thugs" play basketball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmac17 Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 but it is the americans who are the low class barbarians because our football fans get drunk and puke....we have no idea how good we have it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofiba Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Yeah, because the worst incident in NBA History (with a grand total of 10 punches thrown) is equal to a person dying. Good logic. Last I checked, no one ever died watching those "thugs" play basketball. Come on, it was a joke based on exaggeration. Lighten up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meazza Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 This is what happens when you mix politics with sports. http://youtube.com/watch?v=7so_IbVwUuQ http://youtube.com/watch?v=Os_lAx-Mbnk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 That's just soooo hard to believe coming from those intelligent, progressive Europeans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester43 Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 interesting that some of the most savage Italian soccer criminals were characterized as having "extreme right-wing leanings." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 A war actually started over a soccer game between two Central American countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meazza Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 interesting that some of the most savage Italian soccer criminals were characterized as having "extreme right-wing leanings." No sh--. The country was once a dictatorship. You think ideologies just go away? The country is split between Communists, Fascists and more modern Capitalist ideologies. Soccer is just one of the areas where some of these supporters let out theri beliefs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Biscuit97 Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Come on, it was a joke based on exaggeration. Lighten up. I know but it's just so funny that people thought that was the end of American society when it happened. The facts are, however, people don't get killed watching sports in the US. And that makes me proud to be an American. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester43 Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 No sh--. The country was once a dictatorship. You think ideologies just go away? The country is split between Communists, Fascists and more modern Capitalist ideologies. Soccer is just one of the areas where some of these supporters let out theri beliefs. sort of a bizarre way to express your political views. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 No sh--. The country was once a dictatorship. You think ideologies just go away?The country is split between Communists, Fascists and more modern Capitalist ideologies. Soccer is just one of the areas where some of these supporters let out theri beliefs. The belief to kill their policemen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meazza Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 The belief to kill their policemen? Well it is a riot. But this stuff has been happening since God knows when and I think it's one of the first casualties ever. Doesn't mean it shouldn't be handled with though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeFerguson Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 My solution: Cancel all Italian soccer matches for a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meazza Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 My solution: Cancel all Italian soccer matches for a year. It is under consideration. Wouldn't be the first time Sicilians ruin it for the rest of us. http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/feb5j.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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