Fan scandal in Italian Serie A ahead of Hellas Verona’s game against Napoli on Sunday (1-2)!
On the night before the game, a notorious right-wing extremist group of fans hung up a poster in the immediate vicinity of the stadium, which can hardly be surpassed in terms of tastelessness and indifference to current world affairs. With the coordinates of Naples, the chaos of the Curva Sud made the southern Italian city on Vesuvius a target of war.
Luigi De Magistris, ex-mayor of Naples, told Italian Tuttosport: “It is the demonstration of the racist, violent, inhuman and barbaric thinking of certain people. Don’t call them beasts because animals are better.” Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti demanded that “these people never set foot in a stadium again.”
The Verona club distanced itself from the banner on its social networks: “We condemn any action that can incite hatred, violence and discrimination.”
Luigi De Siervo, Serie A boss, said: “Serie A condemns the banner that popped up in Verona. In a tragic time like this, only idiots could imagine such a thing.”
Incidentally, Naples won the game. The team coached by Spalletti is only three points behind Milan (63). Inter Milan follow in third place with 59 points. Salernitana brings up the rear in Serie A with just 16 points.
