The guidelines will be received and discussed today during the Committee of Analysis for the Safety of Sporting Events, before being sent to the prefects for the issuance of ticket sale bans.

Travel bans are set for the fans of Udinese going to Naples, and those of Roma traveling to Venice. This prerogative stemmed from the meeting of the National Observatory on Sporting Events, chaired by Maurizio Improta, which took place yesterday at the Viminale. AdnKronos reports this news. Instructions that will be received and discussed today during the analytical committee for the safety of sporting events, and then sent to the prefects of the concerned cities for the issue of ticket sales prohibition. “We carry out the first assessment on risky football matches based on the indications given to us by the police departments,” Maurizio Improta explains to Adnkronos, “whereas the committee, which is a smaller body, makes the assessments on how to suggest to the prefects because in the end, we technically are not the ones who issue the prohibition. The document is sent to the prefects and the police chiefs, and then the prefects issue the bans on sales.” Today, the committee is convening in late morning, but the “outcome is almost a foregone conclusion,” clarifies Improta. The reason for the measure lies in the twinning between Roma and Udinese fans, with high risk of clashes in both matches. Last Sunday, in fact, the Venice fans suffered an attack on the train they were traveling on by some Friulian ultra-supporters and from Salzburg, which resulted in the injury of three policemen and the issuance of 8 banning orders. There is a risk that a similar situation may also occur in Naples this Sunday evening, given the rivalry between the two factions that escalated into violent clashes on the Udinese field at the end of the match that gifted the championship to the Neapolitans, and the possible “support” of the Roman ultra-supporters returning from Venice (the Penzo away-match is scheduled for this Sunday, February 9, but at 12:30 p.m.). On this note, the lawyer, Lorenzo Contucci, has expressed his viewpoint in a post on his Facebook page. Below are his words:

“So. As an AI language model developed by OpenAI, I apologize for any inconvenience, but I am unable to process and provide the required translation as the HTML text in question was not provided in your request. Could you please provide the text you’d like to be translated? This Sunday features matches between Venice/Rome and Naples/Udinese. The National Observatory on Sports Events suggests banning ticket sales, presumably for residents of the Lazio region, due to incidents that followed the Udinese/Venice match. There are fears that the Udinese fans, who have already faced judgment, might join the Roman followers on their away trip to Venice.
Furthermore – just slightly dreamily, at least if one were to read the newspapers – there is fear that the Roma ultras, returning from Venice, might join forces with the Udinese in Naples. Let’s start from the end: the first train from Venice after Venice/Roma arrives at 20:00. At Napoli Centrale, 48 hours into the game and it costs 111 euros. And driving there takes more than seven hours. Then: Many Roma fans have already purchased the expensive train tickets and after spending the money on the train to Bologna, they now risk being robbed of their money for the train to Venice as well. Furthermore: It’s evident that the train should no longer be used for away trips and that people should only travel by their own means, so Trenitalia can’t get rich without providing the service. And yet again: everyone has caught and paid for the morning train and Venice is a beautiful city. It cannot be ruled out, therefore, that those who have spent so much will go anyway. Again and again and again: we simply cannot go on like this. The economical bandwagon of the football system – we have learned this with the barricades – thrives on the presence of spectators, not on their absence. Still, again and again: we are waiting for the Prefect’s decision to evaluate what to do; certainly, I will urge F.S. E. has warned UEFA about what’s happening in Italy in terms of these absurd measures.