What happened in the postponement of the thirty-fifth day of group C of Serie C, can only be stigmatized. The Catanzaroin a very delicate match, overwhelmed the Foggia, conquering Zaccheria with the eloquent result of 6-2; three points that catapult the Giallorossi to third place and leave the Foggia in eighth place at 48.
But it is not this, or at least only this swollen, full victory that we intend to focus our attention. Halfway through the second half, a Foggia fan entered the field to slap the Giallorossi Iemmello, author of a brace, with the referee forced to suspend the game. Scenes of ordinary madness, an uncontrollable hyperbole of uncontrolled violence.
Madness in Foggia: what happened against Catanzaro
Yet the match did not get off to a bad start for Foggia: 6 ′ advantage of the Apulians and the Rossoneri ahead. Immediate reaction of Catanzaro that a minute later equalized: ball of Sounas per Iemmello that puts everything back in balance. The Calabrians overtake at 25 ‘: Sounas suggests for Biasci in the area that he goes to the shot, the goalkeeper rejects, but on the rebound the same Biasci puts in the net 2-1.
The tension grows and also on the pitch is revealed: Sciacca’s expulsion for a foul on Biasci, Rossoneri in 10. Catanzaro takes advantage of this and at 39 ′ also scores the third goal with Vandeputte after a personal action. But the guests close the fraction with Iemmello’s poker and the result marks 4-1, for Catanzaro. In the second half Foggia tries to react but suffers the fifth goal from Bisci: it is at this moment that a gruesome scene takes place.
The attack on Iemmello
According to what was reconstructed by Republicsome alleged fans entered the pitch of the “Zaccheria” in search of Pietro Iemmello. Field invasions, insults, attempted assaults, launching smoke bombs and bottles.
The hooligans were blocked just in time, while the teammates made a wall around the center forward. Threatened even with death, they would have indicated the throat unequivocally; they surrounded him and tried to slap him.
Absurd epilogue: Iemmello in tears escorted by the Digos
An unlikely situation that we would never have wanted to see again, especially after such a dramatic pandemic. A few minutes later, at 6-1 (Foggia will score another goal, before the end), Iemmello he was replaced amidst the whistles: he was forced to return to the locker room alone, in tears and escorted by Digos agents, to prevent another attempt to attack the former King.
A second invasion of the field marked this absurd match, which lasted 105 minutes, and ended between violence and threats at 6-2 for the Catanzaro.
VIRGILIO SPORT
