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Madferret
4-12-05, 6:28 PM
Dida hit by flare in Champions match
TSN.ca Staff with files
4/12/2005
MILAN, Italy (Ticker) - An intracity rivalry turned ugly. The UEFA Champions League quarterfinal second leg between Internazionale and AC Milan was abandoned on Tuesday due to crowd trouble at the San Siro stadium. You can watch how it all unfolded tonight on TSN at midnight et/9pm pt.
German referee Markus Merk led the players off the field with 15 minutes to play after a large number of objects, including flares and bottles, were thrown from the end of the stadium where the Inter Milan fans were located. One of the flares struck AC Milan goalkeeper Dida on the shoulder, leading to Merk taking the teams off the field. Fans were furious over Merk's decision to disallow what appeared to be a legal headed goal by Esteban Cambiasso.
The players returned after a 20-minute absence but were back on the field for just seconds before more objects were thrown, leading to the match being abandoned. AC Milan, which won the first leg 2-0 last week, was leading 1-0 at the time of the incident following a first-half goal by Andriy Shevchenko.
UEFA may decide the final 17 minutes need to be played in an empty stadium or it can award a semifinal berth to AC Milan. The incident comes after the Italian government threatened to close some soccer stadiums Monday after 85 police officers were injured in a wave of fan violence across Italy.
Weekend games in Rome, Palermo, Udine, Cava dei Tirreni and Perugia turned violent as visiting fans battled police at some railway stations as they were led from stadiums. A total of 17 fans were arrested and more than 250 later identified and charged. Play resumed last weekend in Italy after a break to mourn the death of Pope John Paul II.
Bundesliga leader Bayern Munich won the second leg of its Champions League quarterfinal, 3-2, at home but Chelsea won on aggregate, 6-5. The top team in England, Chelsea will meet Liverpool or Juventus in the semifinal. Chelsea has been the class of not just England, but all of Europe this season. The Blues have steamrolled through both the Premier League and the Champions League. PSV Eindhoven or Olympique Lyon will battle in the other quarterfinal on Wednesday.
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Madferret
4-12-05, 6:32 PM
The Juve / Scouser game tommorow will probably be worse....
:eyebug:
I gotta ask....
I'm not a big football (soccer) fan, but what is it that leads to seemingly endless fan violence and stampedes?
It's like no other sport! It's all I ever hear about as a non-soccer fan is hooliganism, rioting and stampedes and people getting killed at matches.
what is the problem :confused:
Madferret
4-12-05, 6:39 PM
I gotta ask....
I'm not a big football (soccer) fan, but what is it that leads to seemingly endless fan violence and stampedes?
It's like no other sport! It's all I ever hear about as a non-soccer fan is hooliganism, rioting and stampedes and people getting killed at matches.
what is the problem :confused:
Lots of things attribute to it, the first and most obvious being stupidity. Keep in mind Matty that alot of these teams have had rivalries for 100 years, and when you have two teams like these that are from the same City, the divide is based on Religion. Add in the fact that alot of the pubs open at 9am before on game days, and the games aren't until 5 pm, that doesn't help matters.
History, Religion, Booze, Stupidity, Tension....it goes on.
You have summed it up very well. Europe isn't the worst place for hooligans. From what I have read Africa is worse. There have been many closed games in the past few years.
This is the one thing about football that I really hate.
I saw it live ! As Dida got hit in the head I jumped :eek: . The Inter fans had just pushed it too far. If a team is losing you just have to accept that concept. Milan was ahead 3-0 on aggregate with 15minutes left in the match. As a long time Milan fan I was really frightened when my star goalkeeper was injured. He's the man who kept us ahead in the first leg and led us to a 2-0 victory!
The security staff at the game was extremely intelligent by stopping the game and taking all precautions!
Milan will hopefully win its semi finals and advance to be champions league champions as they were 2 years ago!
FoRzA MiLaN
habguy
Madferret
4-12-05, 8:13 PM
I saw it live ! As Dida got hit in the head I jumped :eek: . The Inter fans had just pushed it too far. If a team is losing you just have to accept that concept. Milan was ahead 3-0 on aggregate with 15minutes left in the match. As a long time Milan fan I was really frightened when my star goalkeeper was injured. He's the man who kept us ahead in the first leg and led us to a 2-0 victory!
The security staff at the game was extremely intelligent by stopping the game and taking all precautions!
Milan will hopefully win its semi finals and advance to be champions league champions as they were 2 years ago!
FoRzA MiLaN
habguy
I don't know Vinny, I'm still scratching my head as to why Cambiasso's goal wasn't allowed. That kind of a gaff doesn't help matters, and it would have been 3-2 on Agg with the 15 to go, which changes everything for AC. German refs can't be trusted...
The Juve / Scouser game tommorow will probably be worse....Its worse yet! Gerrard is out :cry: :curse:
Madferret
4-12-05, 8:31 PM
Its worse yet! Gerrard is out :cry: :curse:
Cisse is back though...
This may be a dumb question but is video replay allowed in European football? Not wording this right, does a team get to challenge a call and then the ref has to look in the monitor like in American football and decide the call again?
I don't know Vinny, I'm still scratching my head as to why Cambiasso's goal wasn't allowed. That kind of a gaff doesn't help matters, and it would have been 3-2 on Agg with the 15 to go, which changes everything for AC. German refs can't be trusted...
Cambiasso's goal was disallowed due to the fact that Cruz pushed Dida, and commited a foul :)
It would have been 3-1 Agg. That why the Inter fans lost control of their emotions. They had nothing left to lose! Prior to the Quarter Finals Inter had lost only 1 game vs Italian teams this season and 2 games total in all! In the past 2 weeks they have lost already 2 games vs their arch rival Milan! I believe the situation when the flare hit Dida was out of fustration!
Ice, EUFA has not implimented using video replay. Although its not out of the question. I believe in the next couple of years it shall be a regular in European and global soccer!
FORZA MILAN
habguy
The Insider
4-13-05, 12:31 AM
This is the kind of thing you shake your head at and say, how does this happen? First of all I can understand people getting upset over a non-call, but where do you get off throwing flares at players and the field, not only that, but how'd they allow flares into the building, my goodness, I go to a Jays game and I get frisked, they just open the doors and if the fans have something, they use it? Was it flare day or something? Kinda makes the black eyes hockey gets sometimes seem minimal.
Even if they had video replay they would have confirmed the call. I have seen the replay many times and am wondering if UEFA will take further action. There is one interesting piece of video that actually shows the area from which the flares are being thrown. I hope they can identify the twits who were throwing the missiles.
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I got this from BBC sports:
Uefa may kick Inter out of Europe
Uefa will decide on Friday what action to take after crowd trouble forced the Champions League quarter-final between AC and Inter Milan to be abandoned.
Inter could become the first club to be kicked out of the Champions League after burning flares were thrown on the pitch - one hitting AC Milan's Dida.
Uefa spokesman William Gaillard said: "The disciplinary body have the full range of sanctions at their disposal.
"There have been shocking incidents recently but this is the worst."
Gaillard added: "We must make sure it doesn't happen again."
Uefa's disciplinary body will decide on Friday whether to replay the whole game, just the last 17 minutes or award the win to AC Milan, who had a 3-0 aggregate lead at the time it was abandoned.
The disciplinary body will also decide on Inter's punishment, and will take into account their record over the previous five years.
I've played and coached in Milan for 10 years and I've never seen anything like it
AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti
In 2001 Inter were ordered to play two European matches away from the San Siro and fined ?35,000 after similar crowd trouble at their Uefa Cup tie with Spanish side Alaves.
Fiorentina were thrown out of the Uefa Cup in 1998 when a home-made explosive device injured the fourth official and caused the match with Grasshopper to be abandoned.
As well as expulsion from the tournament Uefa could also fine Inter and order future games to be played behind closed doors or at another stadium.
Uefa will convene at 1300 BST on Friday, with a decision expected by 1600 BST.
Two incidents in one country in one season and still no action? Something has to be done by Uefa now to stamp this out!
From Danny
On Wednesday, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who also owns AC Milan, threatened to use "drastic measures" in order to crack down on violence in Italy's football stadiums.
A statement from Berlusconi's office said: "There is a clear risk of even more serious incidents in future, a risk which must be avoided by all possible means."
Veteran AC Milan defender Paolo Maldini said he was stunned by the scenes and believes referee Markus Merk had no option but to abandon the match.
"We couldn't go on, we couldn't finish the game. We tried to clear the pitch but they threw many things again," said the 36-year-old, who was playing in his 50th Milan derby.
We have reason for concern, but I am confident we can manage
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Inter president Giacinto Facchetti, who said he had been in touch with Dida, later issued an apology.
"We feel great remorse and sadness at the serious and disgraceful incident that occurred last night," said Facchetti.
"There were 83,000 people at the San Siro and we couldn't control all of them.
"I am disappointed because of the damage that this incident will have, not only in the sporting sense but also to the image of the club.
"We have worked hard in recent years to make clear the importance of sporting values in order to achieve our objectives on the pitch."
The trouble in Milan has prompted security to be stepped up for Liverpool's quarter-final second leg against Juventus.
Even before the Milan game, Italy was reeling from a weekend of violent incidents in domestic football.
Interior minister Giuseppe Pisanu had already warned that stadiums would be closed down if supporters failed to behave.
On Wednesday, Pisanu and Prime Minister Berlusconi held an urgent meeting following the scenes at the San Siro.
A statement said: "Berlusconi urged the interior minister to maintain the firm line that has been taken for some time, with particular reference to preventative measures.
"However, resorting to the most drastic measures available should not be ruled out if necessary."
Lazio were fined ?17,000 by the Italian league following fascist chants by supporters during their game with Livorno.
Afterwards, 200 Livorno fans fought with police at St Peters station in Rome.
There was also trouble at Serie B Ternana, where missiles were thrown from the stands at Perugia fans and police. Ternana were fined ?20,000.
The Italian league are also investigating events at Messina where trouble flared during their game with Sicilian rivals Palermo.
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