In recent days, tension has skyrocketed between Shark drills And Fortitudo Bologna. More precisely between Valerio Antonini and the Bolognese organized supporters, the Lions’ den. Initially Fossa had announced that it would not actively participate in the two Sicilian away matches of the Playoff final of the Silver Board due to the exaggerated prices imposed by the Trapani club. The fans would have gone to Trapani, but without entering the Pala Shark.
“We find ourselves writing again to highlight yet another episode in which we are protagonists, without any possibility of mediation on the part of the Trapani Shark company. After booking flights and beds, making sacrifices to follow our beloved, we are asked for 30 euros per match to purchase tickets. Following countless discussions, we waited and hoped that the company would reach an agreement with ours, so that we could reach more suitable prices for the category and for organized support, as is customary. Result: no drop in price and no possibility of a limited number of tickets at 10 euros for organized fans. Under these conditions Fossa dei Leoni doesn’t fit!” the fortitude curve had written in a statement.
Yesterday, however, the situation had calmed down, with Antonini himself declaring in an official note that “to step back”. Substantially 100 fans of the Fossa dei Leoni will receive the ticket at a controlled price of €20, a provision also commented positively by Fortitudo itself. Today, as a guest on TeleSud, Antonini made it clear that this decision of his was not spontaneous. The owner of Trapani Shark he even spoke of blackmail that his company had to submit to.
“It’s a country that works backwards. When a company doesn’t even have the ability to manage ticket prices at home, we are in the hands of nothing and victims of blackmail resulting from this type of management which leads to decisions like the one we made. It’s not the €10 ticket that changes my life, I just wanted to nip a futile controversy in the bud that would have taken attention away from the match. 100 tickets, €10, 2 matches? €2,000 and goodbye, but this form of blackmail can no longer continue in which a fan base, just because it is organised, demands that a sports club regularly registered in the championship be forced to do what they say. It is inconceivable, the result of the mental degradation into which this country has entered for 30 years“ declared Valerio Antonini, words collected by Sportando.
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