Sunday, November 11, 2007

Change of Plans

A group of 8 of us bought tickets to go to an AS Roma soccer match. I haven't been to one yet, and I'm determined to see a match before I leave Italy. We all bought €25 tickets earlier in the week. ...I'm not going anymore.

Rob ran downstairs to PizzaBoom to grab a beer before we were about to leave. Roberto at PizzaBoom told Rob the match was canceled. Thank You PizzaBoom. That guy is so in the loop that he knew the match was canceled before the breaking knews article surfaced on the internet. We finally confirmed his story 5 minutes after we first started searching.

11/11/2007 6:29 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Roma - Cagliari Called Off
Tonight's Serie A game at the Stadio Olimpico between Roma and Cagliari has been called off following the tragic death of a Lazio supporter this morning.


Twenty-six-year-old Gabriele Sandri was killed by a stray policeman bullet after a fight between Lazio and Juventus Ultras at a motorway service station in Arezzo.

This afternoon's Inter - Lazio clash at San Siro was subsequently postponed as a result, while Atalanta versus Milan was abandoned after just eight minutes following crowd trouble in Bergamo.

There had been rumours that Roma against Lazio would also be called off to avoid the risk of retaliation attacks on the police
and this has now been officially confirmed.

As we speak there is currently a march taking place in Rome's Piazza Euclide. Around 200 Lazio fans are carrying candles to mark the death of Sandri

(Goal.com)

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