A thriller.

Cast: Adriano "Zio Fester" Galliani, Berlusconi's right-hand man at AC Milan, Giancarlo "Sandokan" Lombardi, the Capo Guerrieri Ultras, Giancarlo "Il Barone" Capelli, eminence grise of the Curva Sud.

Setting: Milan.

Parties: Fossa dei Leoni, Guerrieri Ultras, Commandos Tigre, Irriducibili Inter, Juve Viking

Vice President of AC Milan and former head of the Lega Calcio, Adriano Galliani, is heard yesterday :

"L'introduzione della tessera del tifoso consentirà - aggiunge Galliani - l'eliminazione del biglietto cartaceo, e il potere conseguentemente agli Ultrà Tues gestione dei biglietti, con tutte le implicazioni negative Prego quindi Tues dare un pò alla tessera di credito del tifoso e. Tues loan il tempo che occorre by esplicare i suoi difetti ".
The introduction of "Fankarte" will usher in the end of paper tickets and the end of ticket sales by the Ultras organizations with all its negative effects. I therefore ask for a little good will toward the "Tessera del fans are" and that her time is devoted to bring the inevitable initial error. "

Now that is very unusual but once the oracle Milan clear. The inventor of the "spoken press boycott" (the representatives of AC Milan are talking with the press, they say never), champion of the innocent face and the "everything is fine, we have decorated most football club in the universe," says clearly that this season, fans are introduced Carta del is a means to deprive the ultras the lucrative ticket sales. Many have suggested it now seems certain - is much more surprising, however, that a member of the directorate so openly expressed, is the relationship between Curva and club from the outside but a barely intelligible and even at the exposed in the Curva Sud banners barely-read . Above all, one would think that the sport because of the decline (say rumors that Berlusconi Jr. to a replacement of coach Ancelotti and Galliani urging) of Milan's traditional club under strong pressure standing Adriano Galliani has no interest to open up even more fires. Normally, these come only in the greatest diplomatic entanglements emergency to the public and against this background Gallianis sentence is a veritable bombshell that he has shattered - a declaration of war. Well, he has been trying to keep the environment quiet.

We know from Galliani, moving only under police protection in the public because some Ultràgruppierungen have something against the fact that AC Milan has deprived them of the lucrative ticket market. Also plays a role that Galliani as his Lega-time boss, the Decree Amato has supported critical - the law that has banned as a visible expression of megaphones, drums and fireworks off the corners. A cry went through half the country, given the seemingly random and apparently unjust repression of the most loyal of the loyal football fans who were obviously deprived of pure viciousness all the instruments live out her life. Gone are the days of the vivid and smoking Curva, the singing of a strictly coordinated 10,000 Curva. Why?

Still on 19/12/2008 Adriano Galliani is in a small restaurant in Milan Nobel Brera in common Christmas celebrations seen in intimate union with those same Ultras, whose hostility and threats brought in his bodyguard at public expense, the soft for months, not by his side (of course on said no party - a party that is of attackers, Angegriffenem and guardian angels in singing songs together). With this Giancarlo Capelli, "Il Barone", charismatic leader of the South Stand in Milan, at the time liked to have seen in the VIP area of San Siro or the aircraft crew to travel overseas. Well, today he is a little out of favor and was allowed to breathe for a few weeks already, and prison air for many years not to the San Siro - but it's Christmas and what counts are the colors. They met each other seemingly at random in a bar in Milan's Via Vittor Pisani and decided spontaneously to it for just to show the flag and see how far they could come together. In any case, Galliani appeared alongside many other bald heads on the Feast of the Milan Ultras elite. I once tried to outline how bizarre this meeting was and how far his statement of yesterday is removed;

There was the "barons" not alone, illustrious personalities such as Giancarlo "Sandokan" Lombardi, head of the Guerrieri was also one of those arrested in 2007:

Dalle aggressioni gruppi ai rival all intimidazioni nei Confronti della società di via Turati. E sette "Guerrieri" sono stati arrestati, con l'accusa Tues associazione by delinquere, tentata estorsione, resistenza a pubblico ufficiale e durante una Lancio Tues oggetti manifestazione sportiva. Nelle Scorse settimane, l'ultima club minaccia al. Tagliandi per la final Champion's League Tues Tues questa sera, 'o più non saremo in grado Tues tenere buoni i ragazzi della curva.
Of aggression towards rival fan groups to threats against the club in Via Turati. And seven "Guerrieri" were arrested on charges of criminal conspiracy, attempted extortion, resistance to authority and throwing objects at a sporting event. During the last few weeks, a final threat to the club. Tickets for the Champions League final tonight, 'or we will not be able to keep the boys quiet'.

Giancarlo Lombardi, Giancarlo Capelli, Mario Diana, Claudio Tieri Alessandro Pozzoli, Marco and Federico Genellina "Pablo" Zinguerenke. Throwing of fireworks during Milan against Lille (06.12.2006) and Milan against Torino. Background of the actions was to move to AC Milan through the risk of blocking and space sensitive penalties to the "negotiating table" :

Lombardi, after the union of two torches to Zinguerenke: "Do you think it's enough?".
Answer: "I think so, certainly not a round and a paper bomb. The referee's has already written down. "
Lombardi: "Then reichts".
18.17 clock, Lombardi calls to Pablo: "So if you ask me, if you call now and Milan are requesting a meeting, they give it to you ..."

Or take Marietto Diana, previously convicted of drug trafficking and weapons possession. The charge is conspiracy to commit crimes, extortion, violence, threats of violence - just the whole program. As I said, it goes on in May 2007 arrested so that they extorted the club AC Milan. And, given the small details the assessment of the investigating judge Federica Centonze read in the context of custody arrangement already less scandalous:

"Costituzione la dei 'Guerrieri ultras' che non è un pretesto by stabilire una posizione Tues egemonia che la prevede commissione Tues delitti ome gravimetric, qualitative ferimento Tues Avignano il (il tifoso aggredito a colpi Tues pistola lo scorso 16 ottobre a Sesto San Giovanni) , lo sfondamento dei cancelli, e che l'estorsione consenta la gestione degli affari surface ruotano intorno stadio allo [...] la gestione dei biglietti concessi dalla società Milan [...] determinare notevoli introiti by i gruppi organizzati "
"The creation of 'Guerrieri Ultras' serves no purpose other than to establish a dominance using too serious crimes, such as the violation of Leonardo Avignano (the heavily wounded by gunfire on 16.10.2006 Milan fan), the breaking up of inlet ports, extortion for the purpose of raising funds for other businesses around the stadium, [...] the trade by the AC Milan surrendered tickets [...] of significant revenue from organized groups. "

For example, the CL-final against Liverpool in 2007. At 10.05. talk "Sandokan" and the "barons" in Via Turati before and politely ask for tickets. They talk with the person responsible for "booking" of the association and the chairman of the "Milan Entertainment" group. The club is playing for time. Both call for a meeting with club owner Silvio Berlusconi "Siamo in grado Tues Tues condizionare l'atteggiamento tutta la curva della tifoseria Ultras, verso chicchessia." - "We are in a position to influence the occurrence of all-Tifoserie the Ultras Curva against anyone else. "From 14 to 17.05. get emails with threats to Via Turati. Daniel Gozzi, who is responsible for ticket sales and stadium Marco Minorati from cheap, know the game, but they are in frequent telephone contact with Claudio Tieri of the "Guerrieri" on issues of free tickets would be sold.

Tieri Daniela Claudio Gozzi :

"Since questi biglietti facciamo uscire anche dei soldi surface servono diciamo a ... dare come un rimborso spese a una mano a chi dà contribuire che la curva a far sì sia semper piena Signora ... i si fumogeni possono eliminare, dipende tutto da voi, gli ho ditto. Noi non abbiamo nessun a problematic non Accendere i fumogeni, dipende as voi! Ho ditto, by adesso noi stiamo Tranquilli. "
"These tickets are the funds we need to say ... the pay back, take care of it, that the curve is always full ... Signora, the smoke bombs can be abolished, everything depends on you, which I habs said. We have absolutely no problem with it, to dispense with smoke bombs, depends on you! I said, for now we remain calm. "

In the meantime, the Curva shows during the league games against highly visible protests Galliani and club management.

Galliani extremely so in the course of the investigation of the Digos:

He knew that "related to the demands of these fans and obtaining permission ZUUM market tickets for the Curva Sud," but he would "never have a direct contact with whatever kind with organized fandom" had.

That should indeed change by 2009 and this spring are the seven "Guerrieri" in court. On 19 December and sang so joyfully celebrated Christmas and the day Galliani confirmed that personalized the "Carta del fans are" only introduced in order to take the ultras, the source of income. A source of income, according to the matching estimates provided annually by May 2007 in the Curva for sales of 2 million €. So real money.

After the cozy images of the Christmas party would be able to think yes, that is at peace now, at what cost whatsoever. One could also believe that the joint celebrations have their origins in the events on 14/12/2008, as some of the ultras, the studios Berlusconi's broadcaster "Mediaset" stormed to protest against the situation on the ticket market. Oh, yes, the tickets. Somehow reading the exhibited Striscioni the match Milan vs VfL Wolfsburg, but now something else. And shockingly, I find the interpretation of Digos but now etwqas credible: It's not about the tickets for the match against Juve Milan, it's about the away tickets that were previously managed by the barons and Lombardi, and now the club itself

And in the course of the negotiations more strange things come to light: for example, the alliance between Lombardi and the Capo (but actually hostile) Viking Juve, whose headquarters - where else? - Happens to have in Milan. In another article, I will once the story of the dissolution of the mythical Ultrà grouping "Fossa dei Leoni tell "behind which should have been, supposedly, and surprisingly, the Viking Juve. I condemn anyone who thinks now is the fact that the events of 2005 when Lombardi probably had a hand in that game and it is really about the power in the Curva Sud was - at the expense of one of the oldest and largest fan groups in Milan.

I want to remember at this point in the armed attack on one of the capos of the "Commandos Tigre," Leonardo Avignano (who survived seriously injured), on 16.10.2006 against a centro sociale in Sesto San Giovanni, or the serious injury Settembrini Walter , historical leader of the commandos, on Piazzale Axum (today's meeting of the Ultras Curva Sud) on 25.01.2007, before the cup game winner against Roma. Michele Caruso and Massimiliano "Nanà" Colombo was sentenced to 4 years and 4 months, 3 years and 4 months respectively, because the prosecution to prove the charge of attempted murder could not (eg because Settembrini claimed that he can not remember anything). Giancarlo Capelli, during the present negotiations, the defendants hugged warmly after the verdict. Well, first curved internal disputes resolved by force of arms. Your thing, not a ballet club.

After the elimination of the "Commandos" and "fossa" Lombardi had finally taken power, the Curva one of state control and competing factions largely exempt playing field for all kinds of activities. And so it is not surprising that the above-mentioned friends with Lombardi Capo Viking from the famous' Ndrangheta clan Rappocciolo dates. Among other things, he was in 1998 in a bloody shootout between Cosa Nostra and 'Ndrangheta (Calaiò Nazareno and Claudio Cagnetti, bosses of the "Banda della Barona") involved on one side and the people of the Serbs Dragomir Petrovic. In Milan. Via Faenza. It was, of course, to the monopoly on the drug trade in the Lombard capital. The last name is Rappocciolo the Milan anti-Mafia forces, best known for the investigation of the Calabrian Salvatore Morabito. Want more? Well, one of the men "Sandokan" is a boss in the Case Popolari in Milan's Via Flaming West - convicted of involvement in the murder of the son of Calabrian mob boss Santo Pasquale Morabito, Rocco Lo Faro in the Milan club "Scream" in 1996, and well linked to the clans Barbaro and Papalia.

Well, anything Galliani had at the Christmas party 19.12. in any case thoroughly understood wrong. It's about money. Real money. It's certainly not about any benefits for the poor foot soldiers of the Curva or help with colorful choreography, it's not about the reinstatement of drums and megaphones, it is not about excessive police violence against ultras, it is not about those, the 24 hours a day and live for their club. These are just the sheep. Earlier in the corner it comes to economic interests. It's about money. An estimated 2 million in the year.

Against this background, we read again the words of Massimo Ambrosini for Milan - Parma, September 2007:

"Sono contento che il i tifosi abbiano capito discorso di Paolo. Oggi è stato ed hanno tifato bello perché noi e loro loro abbiamo bisogno Tues di noi. Conosciamo le loro richieste e credo che si presto troverà una soluzione ".
"I am delighted that the fans have understood what was going to say Paolo [Maldini]. Today, they have supported us and it was nice because we need them and they need us. We know their demands and I think that can quickly find a solution. "

On 22 September 2007 had published a communique Rossonere including the BR, which declared the strike of the Curva Sud ended.

Much of social romanticism to the image of the loyal, committed only the colors of an ever closer "repression" oppressed Ultras can hold probably not. Economic interests are still much more important then as colors. It is not surprising, when Giancarlo Capelli (Curva Sud, AC Milan) and Franco Caravita (Curva Nord Inter) jointly own a clothing store in Milan. Even less surprising is that "Il Barone" and "Sandokan" Lombardi closest friends are the brothers Alessandro and Franco Todisco, leader of the Inter-Ultras "Irriducibili" heads of the fascist "Cuore Nero" and (until its dissolution) of Milan's Hammer Skins. Money is money.

I would like to once again in a loud standing between Curva loud red flares, been flogged by capos with megaphones . Does not really look like it.