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Serie A Could Be Suspended Following Inter Fan’s Death After Napoli Match

Serie A Could Be Suspended Following Inter Fan’s Death After Napoli Match

An Inter Milan fan has passed away after being attacked ahead of the Napoli match. In the meantime, the Italian FA might suspend Serie A.

Adnan Riaz

Adnan Riaz

Italian FA president Gabriele Gravina is 'considering' whether Serie A should be suspended after an Inter Milan fan died ahead of the Napoli match.

According to Sport Mediaset (via Football Italia), the supporter was hit by a van approximately one hour before kick-off.

It is added that the vehicle reportedly belonged to Napoli fans and the 35-year-old was taken into emergency surgery. However, the Inter fan would be pronounced dead after succumbing to his injuries.

It follows on from another incident where four Napoli fans were stabbed outside of the San Siro, which happened before and during the match.

Football Italia reports that authorities have released some details on the incident, which includes a 43-year-old man being rushed to hospital to receive stitches for 'abdominal wounds.'

Inter Milan defeated Napoli 1-0 thanks to Lautaro Martínez's late winner.

However, Kalidou Koulibaly was subjected to racial abuse during the match and was later sent off.

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Carlo Ancelotti has already said that his side would not accept this kind of behaviour in the future, saying that he would be willing to forfeit future matches should it happen again.

"I asked the referee for information on the red cards and nothing else," he told Sky Sport Italia.

"Those incidents rather decided the match, as we had done very well in the second half and were pushing hard.

"We even had the chance to win it when [we were] down to 10 men, but tempers were a little raised at the end.

"There was a strange atmosphere, as we asked three times for play to be suspended, they had announcements with the speaker three times.

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"Koulibaly was certainly irritable. Usually, he is very calm and professional, but he was subjected to monkey noises throughout the game.

"We asked three times for some action to be taken, but the match continued. We keep being told play can be halted, but when? After four or five announcements?

"Maybe we have to take matters into our own hands next time and stop play ourselves. They'll probably make us forfeit the game if we walk off, but we are prepared to do it.

"It's not good for Italian football, seeing this."

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Featured Image Credit: Serie A

Topics: Football News, Football, Serie A