Scottish invasion: no damage, but what inconvenience: “pee on the statue of Dante”

A lot of sportsmanship but for some … little civilization

“Banners and choirs. Smiles, lots of them. But also bottles everywhere, people climbing on the grates and alleys transformed into collective toiletsscreams until late at night, ending with the fireworks fired in mid-afternoon before leaving for the Franchi “. The Corriere Fiorentino focuses on the other side of the invasion of Scottish Hearts fans, who took over Piazza Santa Croce from Wednesday to yesterday afternoon, where their meeting point and departure point for the buses to the stadium had been fixed. In fact, we read, the square was left in the hands of the fans, supervised yes, but who blocked the traffic of Via dei Benci for hours with inconvenience to cars and buses, and the four chemical toilets positioned at the side of the basilica were clearly not sufficient.

In the night the most chaotic momentwith many residents who reported supporters climbing the railings of the center to place banners, blocked cars, taxis and buses stopped, chants until the morning. And then pee everywhere, in staggering quantities. Some fans worked hard to clean up, an appreciable effort but at the departure for the Franchi, Piazza Santa Croce was still full of waste, a matter of numbers and a wrong place.

The decision to concentrate the Scots in Santa Croce was made by the police to prevent groups from forming scattered throughout the center: it would take too many men in uniform to control them. And also for a logistical aspect, it is the nearest square in the center for the transit of buses to the stadium. But residents and traders have expressed more than one doubt about this choice. “I’ve seen things that you humans … I’ve seen dozens of drunks pee on Dante’s statue. I have not seen police and police. # civilization “writes the former director of the Museo Marini Patrizia Asproni.