Who doesn’t love to wake up in the morning and read about a good riot while sipping on a cup of coffee? We sure do, so we were thrilled to find another soccer riot had taken place in Rome.
For those of you who don’t know, the fans of Manchester United and AS Roma don’t really like each other. In fact, disorder was expected at the Champions League match on Wednesday because a partition had been erected between the sections where the two groups would come in contact with one another. But c’mon, you didn’t really think that could stop the fans from getting into it with each other, did you?
After Roma scored a goal before halftime, the war popped off between the home Roma fans and the group of about 4,500 Manchester fans as people started throwing fists, as well as other things.
I only saw glimpses of what went on. I saw some missiles flying and the police charging,” UEFA spokesman William Gaillard said. “We will be waiting for the delegate’s report and the control and disciplinary body will be looking at the television images to see the dynamics of what actually happened.
We’re pretty sure that by “missiles,” they mean flying objects. Unless, of course, those wacky Euro’s have stepped up their sports rioting defenses to include armaments they bought from Uncle Sam.
But those United fans had it coming, after all they were told to avoid certain areas within the city, and to avoid the metro system because “there is a real danger of being attacked by the ‘Ultra’ fans of AS Roma.” Now, if that doesn’t detour you from a stupid soccer game then perhaps the bloody violence at the stadium’s gates before the game would do the trick. That was where 18 United fans were hurt during fights with Roma supporters prior to the game, including one poor chap who took a shank to the neck.
Granted, this was a big game in the soccer community but don’t these fools have TV’s?
Links:
[International Herald Tribune]: Police and fans clash at Roma-Man United match
