Rome, fans charged in Salzburg. The complaint: disabled person beaten

A new unjustifiable episode took place a few steps from a stadium, immediately after the end of the Europa League match between Salzburg and Rome. This time, however, the ultras and the violence of organized cheering have nothing to do with it. In fact, there were no clashes outside the Red Bull Arena between the two fans who – despite the massive presence of Roma supporters – never came into contact and do not seem to have given the Austrian police reasons to consider the exit of the spectators at risk from the plant. So last Thursday’s could have seemed to all intents and purposes a normal post match after a European match.

During the outflow of the “guests”, however, the situation degenerated: in the square in front of the stadium some Giallorossi fans were attacked by the police (the Roma supporters were banging their hands on the windows of one of the shuttles that was supposed to take them back to the exchange car parks). The incident involved Marco Monaci, a 100% disabled sixty-year-old accompanied by his 16-year-old son. During the charge, the man – complete with crutches – was beaten up by the police while his son, in an attempt to rescue his father, found himself handcuffed to a railing before being transferred to the police station (he was released after several hours).

COMPLAINT

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Episodes of tension between the police and away fans are certainly nothing new, but no one would have expected a disabled person to be targeted. In the meantime, the two attacked fans have returned to Italy and this morning went to the hospital to receive the necessary treatment. Both, assisted by the lawyer Lorenzo Contucci, intend to file a complaint and are already in contact with the Italian consulate in Austria. Furthermore, the Monaci family will also be able to count on the support of an Austrian law firm, which will continue to follow the matter directly in Salzburg.

THE ALERT IS GROWING

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The facts of Red Bull have inevitably increased the alert of the Italian police in view of the return match, scheduled for next Thursday at the Olimpico. About 2,000 Austrian fans are expected in the city, who will be monitored constantly despite – for the moment – there doesn’t seem to be any particular tension between the Roman fans and the supporters of the team coached by Jaissle. In Austria, on the other hand, fears are growing over the treatment that the Italian police forces could reserve for fans arriving from Salzburg.