Comments on: Police fail football as 7 Manchester United fans are stabbed in Rome

By: Shohan Khan

Shohan Khan — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 06:15:56 +0000

Ban Roma from taking part in any Footballing competitions untill they learn how to behave. That includes Serie A. They wanted revenge over the 7-1 loss and this is what the fans are doing. Pathetic. They seriously need to grow up. Their does not know how to fight on the field by getting good results so the fans take it into their own hands. What a bunch of uneducated animals who are such pussies they cannot even fight with thier fists so they use knives haha! No respect for people like them and for a team whos captain Totti spits on other players.

By: Nerazzurri

Nerazzurri — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:21:55 +0000

Typical Roma fans…retards!

We, AC, and Juventus if they qualify next season may suffer from these idiotic actions. I know we fucked it up a few seasons ago but we haven’t since, and have learned.

An appropriate punishment would be to kick Roma out of the CL.

By: Tomas

Tomas — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:49:35 +0000

I don’t blame the police, I blame the Ultras. All I’m saying is that the police in Rome are unable to control these people, which is obvious, since it happens over and over again. And until something is done about it, AS Roma should either be thrown out of European competitions or play their home games at a neutral field.

By: Nick Dorrington

Nick Dorrington — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:04:17 +0000

Hardly fair to blame the police, they themselves have lost colleagues to football violence in the last couple of years and can hardly be expected to control the large number of ultras that attend every game.

The Italian Government, the Italian FA and the clubs themselves all need to put a scheme in place to limit the number of ultras that are in and around the stadium on match day. It will certainly not be easy and will most likely take a few years to be truly effective, but something does have to be done about it, sooner rather than later.

By: harasuke

harasuke — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:25:00 +0000

i’m sorry 4 the fans n their families. saf repeatedly tells them not 2 go there, though…

By: Primachenko

Primachenko — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:16:10 +0000

the bitterness of the roma fans clearly shines through. the entire game i tried to figure out if man u was just playing very well or is roma just utter shit.

By: Tomas

Tomas — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:39:29 +0000

It’s a shame that a few psychopathic people can ruin it for the rest, but it’s my feeling that something will have to be done. We’re talking about the lives of these fans, and at some point more will be lost.

It’s obvious that police in Rome cannot control these Ultras, even though they are very much on alert. But if they can’t be controlled, they shouldn’t be allowed near the venue. The only way to avoid that is to play the game in a different country with no people on the stands. My suggestion is: move Roma’s games to somewhere in Scandinavia.

By: Tom Sharp

Tom Sharp — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:12:32 +0000

7 Manchester United fans hospitalised.

Last time round, 11 Manchester United fans were hospitalised.

Even before that, 1 Middlesbrough fan was killed.

When will UEFA do something about it? I feel the time has maybe come to ban European football in Italy – if fans are being wounded or worse in this volume of games, surely its safer to play the match behind closed doors at a neutral venue?

Or throw Italian teams out of the competition. Its disgraceful that UEFA have done absolutely nothing about any of this.