Atalanta protest clampdown
Atalanta coach Stefano Colantuono and President Ivan Ruggeri feel the season will be "falsified" by the ban on supporters in some stadiums.
"I totally agree with a security clampdown on violent hooligans, but it’s not right to penalise everyone," said the tactician.
Only six stadiums – plus San Siro for season ticket holders only – in Serie A will be able to let supporters in to the stands today after passing strict new laws, but Atalanta will face Lazio in a deserted Stadio Azzurri d’Italia.
"The decision to have some matches with the public and some not is not the correct way to go about this and I think it casts a shadow of the regularity of this championship."
President Ruggeri was even more damning of the ruling that forces the Orobici to play behind closed doors.
"Today will be the real test, not just for Atalanta, and I hope we can all be happy and relaxed by the evening," said the patron.
"I am worried and told the authorities as much. There is the risk that some delinquent won’t accept the clampdown. In my view the best solution was either all the stadiums were open or they were all closed. This is falsifying the championship.
"For example, Roma playing at the Stadio Olimpico with a crowd makes a real difference to the performances. As a club we are not at fault and perhaps the signal sent out by the powers that be was too heavy-handed."
The Legge Pisanu was introduced over a year ago, but the clubs had been given extension orders from the local councils – all scrapped in the wake of Chief Inspector Filippo Raciti’s death in the Catania riots.
"We had been assured we had until June to complete the work, now there are companies taking advantage of the hurry to increase their prices for the restructuring," insisted Ruggeri.
"In the next week we will have completed the pre-filtering area around the stadium, but the rest won’t be finished until May. I understand it was a shock, but everything changed in 24 hours and previous legal agreements were torn up."
Source: C4 Football Italia
"I totally agree with a security clampdown on violent hooligans, but it’s not right to penalise everyone," said the tactician.
Only six stadiums – plus San Siro for season ticket holders only – in Serie A will be able to let supporters in to the stands today after passing strict new laws, but Atalanta will face Lazio in a deserted Stadio Azzurri d’Italia.
"The decision to have some matches with the public and some not is not the correct way to go about this and I think it casts a shadow of the regularity of this championship."
President Ruggeri was even more damning of the ruling that forces the Orobici to play behind closed doors.
"Today will be the real test, not just for Atalanta, and I hope we can all be happy and relaxed by the evening," said the patron.
"I am worried and told the authorities as much. There is the risk that some delinquent won’t accept the clampdown. In my view the best solution was either all the stadiums were open or they were all closed. This is falsifying the championship.
"For example, Roma playing at the Stadio Olimpico with a crowd makes a real difference to the performances. As a club we are not at fault and perhaps the signal sent out by the powers that be was too heavy-handed."
The Legge Pisanu was introduced over a year ago, but the clubs had been given extension orders from the local councils – all scrapped in the wake of Chief Inspector Filippo Raciti’s death in the Catania riots.
"We had been assured we had until June to complete the work, now there are companies taking advantage of the hurry to increase their prices for the restructuring," insisted Ruggeri.
"In the next week we will have completed the pre-filtering area around the stadium, but the rest won’t be finished until May. I understand it was a shock, but everything changed in 24 hours and previous legal agreements were torn up."
Source: C4 Football Italia
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