Liverpool fan Sean Cox was left fighting for his life after being attacked by Roma fans ahead of Liverpool's Champions League semi-final first leg game last week and Roma president James Pallotta has condemned the pair whilst praising the rest of his side's fans.
Cox was at Anfield last Tuesday as Jurgen Klopp's side continue their impressive and surprising run in the European club competition but he was rushed to hospital after Roma and Liverpool fans clashed outside the ground.
According to the reports the 53 year old hit his head on the ground after being struck by a belt in the attack by two Roma fans who now face charges of violent disorder and GBH.
It has led to fears that there could be more violence when the Reds travel to the Italian capital for the second leg on Wednesday, with Roma needing to once again turnaround a three goal deficit to qualify.
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Roma president James Pallotta has now come out against the fans, branding them 'fucking morons' and praising the majority of fans, saying:
"We have a long history at Roma and what's going on when you have a few stupid people is that they destroy our history and they attack our legacy and I'm tired of it.
"It's not just an issue for Rome. It's an issue for Italy and it's an issue for the authorities and it's an issue for all of us to band together and to finally wake up so that we don't have a reputation - that's not deserved around the rest of the world - that our fans are not good fans because our fans are the best fans in the world- it's just a couple of f****** morons that take the rest of us down.
"What I want to talk about is how these games are great but they're not life and death.
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"What's going on right now with Sean Cox in Liverpool, that's life and death and that affects his family. I don't really give a s*** about the score of the game. It's disappointing to me that Rome and AS Roma get blamed for a few individuals who do stupid things.
"Now, I don't know the whole story. All I've seen is what I saw on the video, like most others, and at least that part of the video with Sean is just the most disgusting stupidity and my prayers are for him and his family.
"It's depressing though that all of the other fans at Roma get blamed for something that, going back to that saying that I had about a year and a half ago... a few people wrecking things for everyone else."
Hopefully Sean makes a full and speedy recovery and there are no more issues in Rome on Wednesday and the headlines can all be about the football.
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Liverpool will be confident of going through after a 5-2 first leg win but Roma are only in the semi-final after beating Barcelona 3-0 in Roma after a 4-1 first lef loss.
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