The incident that occurred during the match between Manchester United and Roma the night of April 4th is not the first in European football history but it can not be just one more to be added to the list of football troubles.
The violence on the fields is rising up and the UEFA is expected to take a tough line following the violent scenes presented in the Olympic Stadium. The main problem is that even when the UEFA is currently gathering evidence and will be studying the official reports of the referee to further action, the UEFA is just a football authority not an order authority to punish the guilty.
Incidents as the one in Roma are happening all around the world, actually only 24 hours after the disturbs In the Olympic Stadium; Spanish police had to intervene using batons to disperse a group of Tottenham Hotspur fans before UEFA Cup quarter-final first leg against Seville in Spain.
The mistakes are numerous, fans are not being search at the time they enter the stadium, security at the doors is not aware of the fact that fans can bring bottles and things to throw. Actually, the behavior of the police inside the stadium is not to prevent violence, they are even fuelling it and making everything worse.
Viewers at home saw pictures showed fans repeatedly beaten by the police, they were witness of what is expected to be a recreational show and sadly became a big fight between fans and police and all against fair play sport’s values.
However, The Union of European Football Associations can not resolve the problem outside the stadium; they can not even punish the fans. We all have to go to the bottom of the problem, the aggression of the Italian police and the conduct of English fans won’t be modify by playing behind close doors or making the teams pay big amounts of money. The zero tolerance starts on us and the way we all see the football as fans, the law comes to scene to punish but not to prevent.
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