Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosi announced he will ‘probably sign an order preventing Roma and Napoli fans attending away matches for two months’ after their shocking motorway brawl.
Those ugly clashes demanded a clampdown from the authorities and there were several meetings over the last few days between the Government, police, FIGC and Lega Serie A.
“This afternoon I will probably sign an order preventing Roma and Napoli fans from attending away matches for two months,” declared Minister of the Interior Piantedosi to La Repubblica.
“There will also be some other preventative measures” along with the Daspo for individuals – an order banning specific people from sporting events.
“I cannot help but consider a general order regarding the two sets of fans.”
The two sets of supporters have always had a bitter rivalry that too often has tipped over into violence, even resulting in the death of Napoli fan Ciro Esposito when shot by a Roma ultras leader before the Coppa Italia Final against Fiorentina in May 2014.
They are already banned from attending each other’s games because of that, but managed to meet at a motorway service station last week when Napoli fans were travelling to Genoa to face Sampdoria and Roma ultras were heading towards Milan.
The clashes spilled out into the A1 motorway, reportedly involving circa 300 fans, and caused traffic queues of over 8km as police struggled to get the situation under control.
Sign it, ban them. Then start doing the same to people racially abusing players.
Agree completely @DB Milan