Uefa may ban shamed Inter
Paolo Menicucci in Milan
Thursday April 14, 2005
Internazionale face the possibility of being thrown out of European competition
next season when Uefa's control and disciplinary body meets to discuss how to
react to the crowd trouble at Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final in Rome.
At the very least the club may be forced to play two European games behind
closed doors or at neutral venues after fans in the Inter end threw flares and
other missiles on to the San Siro pitch.
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"Endless shame" was the headline in yesterday's Gazzetta dello Sport in
response to the abandonment of Inter's game against Milan, and shame was
undoubtedly the most frequently used word in the Italian media yesterday.
It marked the first time since 1910 that a Milan derby has been ended
prematurely, and 95 years ago thick fog was the cause, but it is certainly not
an isolated incident in present-day Italy. Though football hooliganism has been
suppressed in many parts of Europe, Italy remains an exception. After a recent
series of incidents the interior minister Giuseppe Pisanu claimed he was
prepared to close stadiums to stop the trend.
"Violence has many faces," he said in a letter published by Corriere della
Sera. "There are the fans who have transformed the old spirit of local pride
into violence and others who try to influence the decisions of their club.
There are those who are politicised - on Sunday Lazio fans displayed swastikas
and fascist banners in their home end - and those who target police and
carabinieri ."
Yesterday Pisanu met the Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who
confirmed that his government was ready to take drastic measures against an
increasing wave of violence in Italian football.
One measure already decided upon by Italy's football federation as a result of
the events at San Siro is to modify its match regulations, starting with this
weekend's games. An FIGC statement read: "A referee should not start or should
suspend a game as soon as dangerous objects or fireworks are thrown on to the
pitch. In these cases the home side will be considered as responsible and the
visitors will be automatically awarded a 3-0 win."
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