TURIN, Italy (AP) — Juventus has strongly criticized its personal supporters who disturbed a minute’s silence in honor of former Italy and Inter Milan star Sandro Mazzola.
The tribute was being held in any respect Serie A matches over the weekend after Mazzola, extensively thought-about one in every of Italy’s biggest ever gamers, died on Friday. He was 83.
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The minute’s silence was interrupted in Turin, forward of Sunday’s match in opposition to Atalanta, as a piece of Juventus followers turned their backs on the sector and chanted songs about their very own membership legends as a substitute. Inter and Juventus are fierce rivals.
The chants have been drowned out by applause from different supporters within the stadium — each dwelling and away followers.
“No rivalry can justify a scarcity of respect throughout a minute’s silence,” Juventus mentioned in a press release.
“Honoring the reminiscence of these being remembered and coming collectively in remembrance throughout moments of commemoration is a shared duty that transcends allegiances and colours.”
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Juventus might threat a nice and even having the Curva Sud — the sector the place the ultras sit and the place the disturbance occurred — closed for a match. A choice by Italy’s sporting justice system is predicted early this week.
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