Last night was the San Siro stadium, the final UEFA Cup group match against VfL Wolfsburg instead. The cold and foggy San Siro stadium in Milan district presented itself was nearly empty and despite reduced ticket prices from 2 € to the whole spectacle of a setting that gave the series B of European club football a worthy setting. But even independent of it was remarkable that the familiar chants to listen with true German texts - namely, it sang only the wolves have traveled quite numerous (complimenti for the pyro-action game to start). When the glorious curve of the AC Milan of a handful of Wolfsburg is niedergesungen resistance, must be something serious happens. The home corner 'Curva Sud' remained empty. Empty except for a number of striscioni (see photos below) explain the reason of Fanproteste:

It was the away game against Juventus last Sunday, which had brought the camel's back and on the same evening in a march of 100 ultras in the studio while recording the unspeakable Mediaset football program "Controcampo" culminated. Mediaset, the company is by club president Silvio Berlusconi and the mission had been chosen as the means to make themselves heard. Mediaset switched Although fairly quickly and for the record time of 8 minutes to advertising, recorded movies from studio visitors provided anyway for a veritable wildfire in the various fan forums and other media. The live broadcast was still moderating imitation Alberto Brandi listen to that of the situation was completely surprised ("What's the matter? What's the matter?"), in the further course, a discussion developed between the ultras and the moderator, followed by Spechchören "Dove sono i biglietti Ole" ("Where are the tickets ? ")," Vergogna "(" Shame "), clearly articulated attacks against the association (" Lega italiana Figli di puttana ") and the Milan-Evergreen" facciamo kilometri Ci ... "

Milan Ultras live in Controcampo

Yes, what was going on? Was happening, what happens every weekend in Italy: harassment of individual fan curves, ride away prohibitions, restrictions on the absurd ticket purchasing and police brutality against away fans. For the big game against Juve were to simply get little cards. The ticket sale was handled by Lottomatica, due to the play area (the "Olimpico" in Turin is much smaller than the torn-off "delle Alpi") and the importance of the game (in second against the tied third), it was simply impossible, on this road maps to arrive. Tickets for the Tuesday game were sold out within 1 hour! At least for the most faithful of the faithful, the subscribers, owner of the "Carta del tifoso," the boys who her team at every away trip - if indeed possible - support loudly, was not coming clean. In the Via Turati had not considered it necessary, these fans a right of first refusal for an allocation of cards - give - as quite common. So much for the much-touted "benefits" of this wretched piece of surveillance state. Instead, only 800 tickets were in the Campania region, 500 of which sold in Naples. The own curve, especially in the last two years of crisis, the team supports numerous (and it spends a lot of money) had been "forgotten". Nevertheless made ​​the course on the way to strengthen on a cold Sunday their beleaguered team's back, there's still the Schwarzarkt .

"Lele" reported on Antenna 3

Lele tells how the buses were stopped on the highway Milanisti for control of the tickets and documents. For this they had to leave the buses and check in 2 hours of freezing rain in the Piedmont let the Carabinieri. Which allegedly had heard that fans without tickets were on their way to Turin. So far, I was assuming that you could also go without a ticket to visit a foreign city, but Italy is teaching me something new every day. It is also permitted to ask why this is deemed necessary checks could not carry on the buses. The interviewed live in the above "Lele" was in fact not a "Ultras", but a completely innocent bystander from a bus of a youth soccer club, who wanted to attend a written invitation to the game against Juventus. Association representatives with official letter accompanying the youth teams and players were thus in peaceful harmony with normal fans ultras and captured 2 hours at about 0 degrees in the freezing rain on the highway.

Following this, our boys decided that to give a few tickets available to fans who had traveled the furthest to watch the game and at least three coaches decided to return to Milan. The address of Mediaset in Cologno Monzese was well known and so the decision was made ​​to use club owner Berlusconi's own medium, to make their voices heard. After Silvio subjects had called the police fled the 100 ultras among 20 of them who had not made ​​it in time in the car and approaching the Carabinieri is still a dispute arisen in the course of which some were throwing stones and Petardi and the result is a were injured by a stone policeman and four ultras arrested. One of them, a 24-year-old from San Fermo della Battaglia diCorcia, was convicted in summary proceedings to 8 months on probation. According to statements from those involved firearms by the carabinieri were deployed.

Loris said on Antenna 3

Loris verified the statement of Lele. Many were broken in the hope of bootleggers to Turin, while others traveled with the expression of ordering online (40 €!) To have their hand out tickets on the spot. Instead, they spent the night soaking wet on the highway, and then head back to Milan. photos of the events can be found on the side of the "Guerrieri".

This was also the occasion for the long overdue Fanstreik the Wolfsburg game, which underlined the Curva striscioni with the following:

• "Il vero 14/12/2008 cuore nero rosso e il vostro ... Dirigenza vergogna!"
  (14.12.2008 (date of the Juve game) The real black red hearts and your club's leadership ... shame)
• "La carta 'cuore nero rosso' avete imposto. Ma a Torino dov'era posto il nostro? "
  (Fanausweis the "Cuore Rosso Nero" (forced Personalized Card for the stadium visit) you have pressed us. But in Turin, where was our place?)
• "Emani leggi impressed by decree ... ma la nostra voce non Conoscere divieti!"
  (You enacts laws and decrees by pressing ... but our voice has no bans!)
• "Leggi speciali, uomini senza onore non fermeranno mai il nostro amore."
  (Special Laws and men without honor will never stop our love.)
• "Noi semper al tuo Fianco. Torino is a ma ti ti manco accorto quanto? "
  (We are always by your side. But did you notice in Turin how much I missing?)
• "Vergogna!"
  (Schande!)

Perhaps the protest comes too late, too long you have kept quiet and put up more new spoof from the club leadership. Maybe you already have the introduction of the "Carta del tifoso" must protest, which allows the club's management, to regulate access to the stadium completely, without offering any benefits to the fan. Very probably they would have to point to the earlier blanket condemnation of all ultras as potential perpetrators of violence and injustice in the ticket distribution system. But the protest was justified, because I have no doubt. That it was not directed against the sometimes poor athletic performance but rather draws our attention to the difficulties, despite the poor performance abroad also assist the team that makes me proud. The game went the way from 2:2 - to respect the numerous Accompanying Wolfsburg, who tried to empty the backdrop to breathe a little life life. Ride anywhere, as long as you still may.