Family values for Palermo
Palermo are pushing family values as the solution to the country's crowd violence problems as they prepare to host Empoli in one of only five games in Serie A that will have fans present on Sunday.
The Stadio Renzo Barbera has passed the safety test but the Rosaneri are still dumbfounded by the events that surrounded the club's 2-1 win over fellow Sicilians Catania last weekend.
The death of policeman Filippo Raciti and much of the violence looks to have been caused by Catania supporters but Palermo are still in shock.
Defender Andrea Barzagli, a member of Italy's World Cup winning squad, is advocating tough action against troublesome fans. Barzagli told the club's official website: "The image of Italy has certainly suffered a major blow after the World Cup win had made disappear what had happened at the end of last season."
Barzagli was referring to the Calciopoli scandal that severely tarnished Italian football before the Azzurri triumphed in Germany.
"What has happened is very serious but the people who did it have nothing to do with our world," said Barzagli. "They are people who go to the stadium only to cause trouble.
"Having to watch guerrilla warfare like that in 2007 - and who knows what caused it? - is really crazy. We have to come down hard on people who come to the game only to cause tension and violence."
Meanwhile, club President Maurizio Zamparini believes that "mamma power" is the secret to curbing misbehaviour. This week Zamparini launched a ticketing scheme that will give free admission to children under 16 accompanied by a parent.
One of the troubling aspects of the Catania violence was that much of it seems to have been caused by teenagers and Zamparini believes the presence of the parents is likely to curb and temptation by supporters to misbehave.
Midfielder Giovanni Tedesco has even suggested that Raciti's family should be invited to a Palermo game and that the policeman's young children should be given a Palermo shirt to wear in Catania as a symbol of a new alliance between supporters of the rival club.
Source: Sporting Life
The Stadio Renzo Barbera has passed the safety test but the Rosaneri are still dumbfounded by the events that surrounded the club's 2-1 win over fellow Sicilians Catania last weekend.
The death of policeman Filippo Raciti and much of the violence looks to have been caused by Catania supporters but Palermo are still in shock.
Defender Andrea Barzagli, a member of Italy's World Cup winning squad, is advocating tough action against troublesome fans. Barzagli told the club's official website: "The image of Italy has certainly suffered a major blow after the World Cup win had made disappear what had happened at the end of last season."
Barzagli was referring to the Calciopoli scandal that severely tarnished Italian football before the Azzurri triumphed in Germany.
"What has happened is very serious but the people who did it have nothing to do with our world," said Barzagli. "They are people who go to the stadium only to cause trouble.
"Having to watch guerrilla warfare like that in 2007 - and who knows what caused it? - is really crazy. We have to come down hard on people who come to the game only to cause tension and violence."
Meanwhile, club President Maurizio Zamparini believes that "mamma power" is the secret to curbing misbehaviour. This week Zamparini launched a ticketing scheme that will give free admission to children under 16 accompanied by a parent.
One of the troubling aspects of the Catania violence was that much of it seems to have been caused by teenagers and Zamparini believes the presence of the parents is likely to curb and temptation by supporters to misbehave.
Midfielder Giovanni Tedesco has even suggested that Raciti's family should be invited to a Palermo game and that the policeman's young children should be given a Palermo shirt to wear in Catania as a symbol of a new alliance between supporters of the rival club.
Source: Sporting Life
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