I remember a few years back sitting at home watching this Champions League quarter-final between AC and Inter Milan (I was praying for someone to be knocked out on the away goals rule), but soon after AC took a 4-0 lead on aggregate the Inter fans threw hundreds of flares onto the field which truly had me amazed.

In England we rarely see anything flare or hooligan related any more in football. A couple of years ago a Man Utd fan threw a flare onto the pitch at St Mary’s (Southampton) and he was subsequently banned from attending United matches. That’s why this incident in Italy had me truly stunned.

Fans had carefully orchestrated this display with the intention of getting the match abandoned if it was not going in Inter’s favour. AC took a 3-0 lead from the first leg and it was when Inter fans realised the match was beyond them, pandemonium ensued.

The referee tried to continue the match after Dida got hit by a flare with Abbiati going in net, but the flares did not stop and the match had to be abandoned.

Truly amazing…

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