The fight in between Rome and Brighton It has a past shrouded in darkness and unfortunately continues to be more common than it should be in the world of football.
A fight between fans of both teams ended with two English fans stabbed by some tifosi the night before the match and, days later, The Athletic got its chilling testimony of what happened, and that 7 or 8 Italian people appeared to attack the two fans who were stabbed.
Andry Le Goubin26, recounted how the events unfolded, receiving stab wounds to the buttocks, something known in Rome as ‘la puncicata’, a sign of confrontation between ultras. “At one point I turned around and saw that there was a group of masked men following us and I shouted to the others to run.”. I started to run, but soon realized that two of us had been caught and surrounded. Then I went back to them and I don’t know what happened to me, but I felt that Jackie Chan and I gave one of them a flying kick. Looking back, it was stupid, but I had the basics of how to defend and that helped me,” the affected person began to explain.
Apparently, Le Goubin He barely realized he had been stabbed at first. “My friend Jack didn’t know how to defend himself, there were five or six of him and he kicked and punched, besides stabbing him”he explained and his colleague needed 10 stitches in that wound.
Fortunately, witnesses to the incident convinced the attackers to leave and the small group of Brighton fans took shelter in a restaurant, where the police were called. The two injured were taken to different hospitals, but to make matters worse, one of the ambulances crashed on a roundabout and had to be replaced. “I learned my lesson”said Le Goubin, who was also robbed in the attack.
Source: La Verdad
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