Shot of the week

Lorient’s midfielder Jeremy Morel, left, vies with Nantes’ midfielder Haiti’s Jean-Jacques Pierre, during their French L1 football match Jan. 27 in Nantes, France.

Fans Could be Barred from Italian Soccer
ROME (AP) - Soccer fans won’t be allowed into stadiums in Italy unless security measures are met, a decision that comes days after rioting at a game in Sicily in which a police officer was killed.
Interior Minister Giuliano Amato also said Monday that clubs will not be able to sell blocks of tickets to visiting fans, allowing for better control of those entering stadiums. These decisions and others need to be approved at a Cabinet meeting Wednesday, Amato added.
“I know it is extravagant to think of soccer play without the public,” he said. “But I think it is a worse extravagance to have someone die for something like that.”
Luca Pancalli, the Italian soccer federation commissioner, said the decision on resuming professional play would be made after the Cabinet meeting. He said that would give the league enough time to schedule games for next weekend.
Games in the country’s top league, scheduled for last Saturday and Sunday, were called off because of Friday’s riot after Palermo beat host Catania 2-1.

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