The Euganeo stadium in Padua transformed into a battlefield for ultras. Clashes, throwing of objects, smoke bombs, the police raiding the stands and the pitch. Scenes from the Wild West from the first leg of the Serie C Italian Cup final Padova e Catania.
Padua-Catania: ultras and police clashes on the pitch
The situation was set alight by a group of Sicilian ultras who during the interval managed to break down the gate of the sector in which they were concentrated, managing to reach the stand where the home fans were sitting: throwing smoke bombs, shouting, beatings. Someone even arrived on the field, and then transformed it into a trench from which to shoot firecrackers.
Padova-Catania, ten fans stopped, match suspended for 15 minutes
At that point the police, in riot gear, had to react. the police force intervened in the northern curve to try to contain the violent ones, with charges in the northern curve to stop the violence and contain the level of clashes that were shaking the sector. truncheons, other scuffles, policemen also on the pitch while rocket fires were burning in the stands. In the end, about ten Catania fans were transported outside to be stopped. Match suspended for 15 minutes, then the regular restart until the final 2-1.
