Olimpico gets Lyon go-ahead
The Italian Government has confirmed that Roma will be allowed to play their Lyon Champions League game in the evening.
All night games in Italy have been cancelled in February following the Catania riots, but the February 21 tie will kick-off at 20.45 local time as previously planned.
"It would have been very unpleasant had we given Europe the idea that the stadium isn’t safe or even worse, that the city isn’t prepared for this kind of event," said Rome police prefect Achille Serra.
The Stadio Olimpico is one of the few stadiums which were given the green light to reopen to fans in Serie A this weekend as it meets with the Legge Pisanu regulations.
Roma sporting director Daniele Pradè was also delighted that his outfit had been given clearance to play under the floodlights.
"We had no doubts really as we know that the Olympic Stadium is okay," noted the official this afternoon.
The Giallorossi employee also took the opportunity to criticise a section of the Curva Sud who failed to respect the minute of silence prior to Sunday’s 3-0 win over Parma.
"I want to thank the healthy part of our supporters, those who applauded even louder during the minute of silence to honour inspector Filippo Raciti, as opposed to those who booed him," he added.
Source: C4 Football Italia
All night games in Italy have been cancelled in February following the Catania riots, but the February 21 tie will kick-off at 20.45 local time as previously planned.
"It would have been very unpleasant had we given Europe the idea that the stadium isn’t safe or even worse, that the city isn’t prepared for this kind of event," said Rome police prefect Achille Serra.
The Stadio Olimpico is one of the few stadiums which were given the green light to reopen to fans in Serie A this weekend as it meets with the Legge Pisanu regulations.
Roma sporting director Daniele Pradè was also delighted that his outfit had been given clearance to play under the floodlights.
"We had no doubts really as we know that the Olympic Stadium is okay," noted the official this afternoon.
The Giallorossi employee also took the opportunity to criticise a section of the Curva Sud who failed to respect the minute of silence prior to Sunday’s 3-0 win over Parma.
"I want to thank the healthy part of our supporters, those who applauded even louder during the minute of silence to honour inspector Filippo Raciti, as opposed to those who booed him," he added.
Source: C4 Football Italia
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