Zamparini: We all lost
Palermo President Maurizio Zamparini said the Sicilian derby riots were "a defeat for football."
Palermo won 2-1 at Catania’s Stadio Angelo Massimino, but the game was followed by rioting that saw a police officer killed.
"I consider those who go to the stadium to have fights to be delinquents and nothing more," noted Zamparini.
"I have said since the moment I arrived at Palermo that if there were any serious incidents inside the stadium, I would immediately leave the club."
Zamparini had been in charge of Venezia when he decided to invest in Palermo, pumping cash into the Serie B side and taking them to their first promotion in 30 years. The club are now in third place and had played in the UEFA Cup this season.
"Nobody won tonight. It was a defeat for football and for all of us. At this moment, my heart goes out to the family of that poor man."
The Palermo fans and the entire squad was kept inside the Massimino for several hours after the final whistle, as Catania supporters continued to clash with the police.
It was there that a home-made bomb was thrown into the car of 38-year-old Chief Inspector Filippo Raciti.
"We weren’t told anything, we just had to stay in the locker room and wait for news," explained coach Francesco Guidolin.
"If we don’t get it into our heads that football is a sport, then we really won’t have room to breathe. What happened here offends sport and a beautiful, civilised city like Catania."
Source: C4 Football Italia
Palermo won 2-1 at Catania’s Stadio Angelo Massimino, but the game was followed by rioting that saw a police officer killed.
"I consider those who go to the stadium to have fights to be delinquents and nothing more," noted Zamparini.
"I have said since the moment I arrived at Palermo that if there were any serious incidents inside the stadium, I would immediately leave the club."
Zamparini had been in charge of Venezia when he decided to invest in Palermo, pumping cash into the Serie B side and taking them to their first promotion in 30 years. The club are now in third place and had played in the UEFA Cup this season.
"Nobody won tonight. It was a defeat for football and for all of us. At this moment, my heart goes out to the family of that poor man."
The Palermo fans and the entire squad was kept inside the Massimino for several hours after the final whistle, as Catania supporters continued to clash with the police.
It was there that a home-made bomb was thrown into the car of 38-year-old Chief Inspector Filippo Raciti.
"We weren’t told anything, we just had to stay in the locker room and wait for news," explained coach Francesco Guidolin.
"If we don’t get it into our heads that football is a sport, then we really won’t have room to breathe. What happened here offends sport and a beautiful, civilised city like Catania."
Source: C4 Football Italia
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