"The ultras are evil. They are the dark hemisphere of football. The obscene horrors of civil society. The Ultras are the lightning rod of the do-gooders, the bourgeoisie, the shopkeepers, housewives, the poor and the cops on Journaillie victim search. The Ultras are open slurry pit of the stadium. Symbol of blind and irrational violence. "Domenico Mungo, much of [...]

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Paolo Berizzi, one of the best journalists to offer by Italy, wrote an article on the topic these days ultras: "The hands of the ultras in the business of football." The text is hard tobacco and will provide material for discussion and I suspect that will keep the enthusiasm on the part of the ultras in check. Also, because [...]

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It sounded so beautiful, as Stefano Calvagnas film "L'ultimo ultras" ("The Last Ultrà") was announced: Giancarlo "Sandokan" Lombardi, a leader of the Curva Sud, Capo of the "Guerrieri," should play and even Shevchenko should make a guest appearance for authenticity. Now, we make it short, the result is a film with "The Last of shit" [...]

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The BAVA is organizing an anti-fascist fan meeting in Livorno. It will take place on the weekend 08/09. May in the home match against Livorno at Lazio. In addition to all sorts of other activities in and around the stadium are also planned concerts and I've heard one or two times will also raise a cold beer! In any case, [...]

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On 23 January is the game take place Juventus against AS Roma. Because the Juve fans noticed in the past by racist chants against the Inter-player Mario Balotelli were, it is now after fresh incidents in the cup match against Napoli on Wednesday evening for a penalty by the sports court. Threatened and executed. Racism and ignorance are always [...]

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Today is the second anniversary of the death of Gabriele Sandri. At that time, in the turmoil of the events surrounding the death of shots at the young football fan and the subsequent angry protests of the supporters' groups, in the midst of the shocking images and the distorted thunderstorms almost conformist media machinery, announced himself the Lazio defender Lorenzo De Silvestri (today: Fiorentina) to word . As a friend Sandris [...]

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Giovanni Francesio adds the most important of his book "Tifare contro" over four decades Ultras-culture in Italy in the subtitle: "Una storia degli ultras italiani" - "A History of Italian Ultras." One, not the story, Francesio makes no claim to the absolute truth or universal solutions - but he insists to add to the discussion a valid vote, the [...]

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Last night around 19.00 clock now the verdict in the case of Gabriele Sandri, that Lazio fan who was shot in November 2007 at the motorway service station by the agent of Polstrada Luigi Spaccarotella. The judges could not follow the demand of the prosecutor after 14 years term for manslaughter and sentenced the policemen to six years in prison for manslaughter. [...]

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Carlo Bonini discussed in "ACAB - All Cops Are Bastards" with great journalistic depth of the various shades of brown of Italian fascism today. It can be fascists from the same problem areas on different sides of that conflict is possible - as armed and helmeted police force for "law and order" in blue uniforms and black boots against the "picchiatori" of the curves [...]

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A thriller. Cast: Adriano "Zio Fester" Galliani, Berlusconi's right-hand man at AC Milan, Giancarlo "Sandokan" Lombardi, Capo of the 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, can [...]

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