Serie A-topic #33: De scudetto beslist?

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Amateur Leagues open doors

The amateur Leagues, youth team championships and five-a-side football will resume as normal from tomorrow.

While Serie A, B and C are still waiting to hear when their games will be able to begin again – and if fans will be allowed into the stands – this move is a positive step from the FIGC and CONI.

The first event to be affected is the world famous Viareggio Youth Tournament, which kicked off today in its 59th edition behind closed doors, Maccabi Haifa beating Fiorentina 2-0.

It’s still not clear when the main championships will be able to kick off, but it’s reported that play will resume this weekend from the Week 23 fixtures and that for a few weeks all games will kick off at 15.00 Sunday.

Women’s football has also been given the go-ahead after Friday’s rioting in Catania prompted the immediate suspension of all calcio activity in Italy.

“We heard of this news and felt great joy, opening the doors to fans and above all talent scouts on the stands,” said organiser Alessandro Palagi. “From tomorrow we will play for the people, the kids and for sport.”

The opening tie between Brazilians Santos and Milan was called off along with the other first day matches.

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Govt approves "Draconian" laws

The Government has passed new laws clamping down on football violence, including banning evening kick-offs and closing San Siro.

“We have approved Draconian measures,” commented Minister for Infrastructure Antonio Di Pietro at the end of this evening’s crisis talks. “If stadiums are not up to code, they will be closed to fans.”

The decree is 15 pages long and counts 13 articles ordering that all venues pass the tests set out by the Legge Pisanu, which was introduced in 2005.

The clubs have asked for at least their season ticket holders to be allowed in, but that issue will be decided after another meeting on Thursday.

Among the famous stadiums closed down as a result of the new regulations are Milan’s San Siro and the San Paolo in Naples.

Also, in February there will be no evening kick-offs, so all games must be played in the afternoon.

From now on supporters will be banned from possession of flares, smoke bombs or firecrackers up to 24 hours before and after a sporting event.

Clubs are urged to create a staff of stewards to police the fans, but there will be heavy fines if they employ someone with a criminal record for this role.

Suspected hooligans can now be arrested 48 hours after the incident rather than the current 36, while the prison sentence for resisting arrest is raised to a minimum of five years to a maximum of 15.

Journalists are asked to set a code of ethics that they will police themselves so as to not inflame public opinion around sporting events.

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Op donderdag 8 februari 2007 12:25 schreef DIGGER het volgende:
Of een voetbalreisje vanuit het buitenland hebt geboekt voor pak hem beet Inter - Roma vorige week.

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Op donderdag 8 februari 2007 12:27 schreef M0NTANA het volgende:

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Jij?

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Jongen bekent moord op agent

Een zeventienjarige jongen heeft na urenlang verhoor bekent dat hij de fatale klap toe heeft gediend die politieagent Filippo Raciti met de dood moest bekopen. Dit drama voltrok zich tijdens supportersrellen rondom de wedstrijd Catania-Palermo.
De hooligan bekende betrokken te zijn geweest bij de enorme rellen en gaf tevens toe met een metalen staf te hebben ingeslagen op agent Raciti. De jongeman werd eerder vandaag aangehouden nadat hij was geïdentificeerd op basis van videobeelden.

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Op donderdag 8 februari 2007 19:41 schreef DIGGER het volgende:
Clubs hebben zojuist besloten dat er komend weekend gespeeld wordt, dus geen stakingen. Meer nieuws over het verloop van de gehele vergadering volgt nog....

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Op donderdag 8 februari 2007 21:58 schreef dndiek het volgende:

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OK, fijn om te weten

en dan allemaal zondagmiddag 15.00 uur?

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Op vrijdag 9 februari 2007 01:07 schreef De_Ananas het volgende:
Lijkt me dat de UEFA ook regels heeft voor stadions?

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Ultras prepare picnics

While some stadiums will host games behind closed doors this weekend, supporters are planning anything from protests to picnics outside the gates.

The clampdown on security in the wake of the Catania rioting has seen several venues fail new laws, although San Siro has been able to negotiate an agreement to let in Milan season ticket holders only for the match against Livorno after installing 28 turnstiles.

Serie B Week 23 was played today with only five of the 11 stadiums allowing in the fans, but it proved to be far from a silent weekend.

A group of Napoli Ultras protested outside the Stadio San Paolo as their team beat Piacenza 1-0 to go top of the table.

A small number of the tifosi were accompanied into the stands by police to lay out a banner for the players that read: ‘The law divides us, our grit unites us. Keep going to the bitter end lads – Curva A.’

Around 200 Juventus fans travelled to Vicenza, despite the Turin club refusing to take its allocated 1,000 away tickets. They hung up banners, chanted their support and played football among themselves while the Bianconeri drew 2-2 in the Stadio Menti.

There were similar scenes in Brescia – where fans sang, drank beer and ate pizza – and Pescara, while a group of 50 Udinese fans have announced plans to travel to Florence for tomorrow’s game and eat a picnic outside the Stadio Franchi with 1,000 Fiorentina supporters.

The Presidents made a gesture of their own in Serie B. Modena patron Alfredo Amadei sat in the stands of the Curva Montagnani, where the hardline Ultras usually reside, while his team lost 3-0 to Albinoleffe. Triestina President Stefano Fantinel did the same at the Stadio Nereo Rocco.