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An afternoon to forget that experienced yesterday in the stands of Meomartini to Benevento where the return semi-final of the championship was scheduled U17 Regional Elite between the Grippo Benevento and it Sports Villagea company that plays the internal matches in Villaricca. The atmosphere on the steps heated up when around a hundred supporters of the Benevento team entered the stands, with tension rising as the minutes passed.
A manager of the visiting team told how the events unfolded, who only brought up the public and not the president’s club DeRosa, who reciprocated the same kind welcome received in the first leg. “The two presidents – explains a manager of the Sport Village – at the beginning they even took a photo together and in terms of hospitality on Grippo’s part there was no problem of any kind. The situation, however, immediately took a turn for the worse in the stands when around a hundred fans of the home team arrived, very excited and chanting slogans against Napoli. All this can be documented because we have numerous videos made by the parents of our children who were there to live in a climate that was certainly not the best. The reception received by Grippo, however, was good. On the pitch, then, the same guys who we considered respectful and polite in the first leg changed because a hostile attitude began towards us and there was also a punch given by an opponent to our player, this too documented by the images . All this at the end of the match because apparently the defeat didn’t go down well.
In a video – continued the manager – that I also showed to the police there is a gentleman, clearly identifiable, who punches a parent of one of our children. We are respectful and decent people, but if there had been a more quarrelsome father, in my opinion it would have ended very badly. In fact, whoever received the punch fortunately did not react. Throughout the match, racist chants were made against the Neapolitans and chants against a black boy who plays with us imitating the sound of the monkey. He was insulted the whole time, not to mention the smoke bombs thrown onto the pitch which damaged the synthetic pitch, even forcing the referee to suspend the match for a few minutes.”
Despite the presence of numerous stewardsonly with the arrival of Police the situation has returned to calm, but the Police subsequently she was forced to escort the guest parents to the motorway toll booth to ensure their safety. At the moment there are no reports made to the Police Headquarters Benevento which has started investigations to understand who are responsible for the disturbances that occurred yesterday at Meomartini and which also caused the damage to two cars.
