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In the almost 83 thousand capacity San Siro stadium in Milan, fans will be allowed to attend the Italian championship match against Livorno on Sunday - but only those with season tickets. This was announced on Saturday evening by the official Milan club website.
As previously reported, on Thursday, checks were carried out in Italian stadiums, and it was announced that only six Serie A arenas fully or almost fully comply with the new laws against violence and can allow spectators. Among them was not the San Siro stadium, which is shared by the current country champion and league leader Inter Milan and Milan.
However, overnight workers managed to install 28 new turnstiles at the Milan stadium, which allowed them to meet the necessary security standards and give more than 37 thousand season ticket holders the chance to attend Milan's match.
"The remaining work will be completed in the next two weeks, so San Siro will soon meet the required standards," assured the city's security chief Giovanni Terzi.
"I think that not allowing fans with season tickets to attend matches they paid for is a violation of their rights," expressed dissatisfaction the president of Milan and former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi - "Tragic incidents in Catania happened outside the stadium, so not allowing season ticket holders to attend matches is not the right solution to the problem. As a prime minister, I would never have passed such a law."
Meanwhile, during the six out of eleven Serie B matches held on Saturday, fans were not allowed to enter the stadiums in Italy, near which they organized protests and picnics. Napoli fans managed to bring a banner into the stadium saying "The law divides us, our endurance unites us. Cheer until the end, men," about 200 Juventus supporters protested in Vicenza, and in Brescia and Pescara fans sang, ate, and drank. Similarly, on Sunday, Udinese fans in Florence also promised to join in with local fans.
The Serie B club presidents chose an interesting form of protest. Modena president Alfredo Amadei sat in the Montagnani stand, where the most loyal ultras usually gather, and Triestina president Stefano Fantinel made a similar gesture at the Trieste Nereo Rocco stadium.
