From Rome:
Italy's soccer federation announced on Wednesday that soccer matches will resume this coming weekend, after the government approved a tough set of measures to fight hooliganism, despite opposition to such measures by clubs. More details here.
Perhaps the English had the right idea about combating what has for far too long a major blight on "the beautiful game." After that disgracful episode last Friday at Catania, outside Angelo Massimino Stadium during the second half of , and following the Sicilian Derby with Palermo, which resulted in the death of a local policeman, leading to the postponement of the rest of last weekend's league matches....not to mention the cancellation of an originally scheduled exhibition match by the national team against Romania, there's NO question that tough measures had to place place, or there might have been no more league soccer played in Italy this season. There has been word that scheduled home matches in the round of 16 in this year's UEFA Champions League for the three Italian clubs still in the competition (AC Milan, Inter Milan, and AS Roma) may be moved to neutral sites. If these measures mean a great many Italian league matches may be played in empty stadia, so be it.
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