Copa Italian Final : Fiorentina v Napoli

Reports of serious crowd trouble pre kick off. Game supposed to kick off at 8pm but delayed.

Talk that the game could even be cancelled

Sadly, there have been reports of crowd trouble in the Italian capital and it is believed that three Napoli fans have been shot in violent altercations with police

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/match/130949/fiorentina-vs-napoli/play-by-play

daRobot

Mad situation. Hamsik going over to talk to the Ultras leader. Shows you the power they have.

hufpc8w3adnk65

Ya it's mental! Just turned it off there but was wondering why all the cameras were on Hamsik

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P.s live on Sky Sports

daRobot

daRobot wrote: »

Mad situation. Hamsik going over to talk to the Ultras leader. Shows you the power they have.

That's mental tbh!

Lucas Hood

Napoli fans won't let game go ahead until they know the fans injured outside are ok apparently.

The game supposedly wont go ahead until the Napoli fans get confirmation that one of their fans isn't dead.

Wtf?

Soft Falling Rain

rarnes1 wrote: »

The game supposedly wont go ahead until the Napoli fans get confirmation that one of their fans isn't dead.

Wtf?

Tbh if that's true then I don't blame the napoli fans.

Soft Falling Rain

Soft Falling Rain wrote: »

Tbh if that's true then I don't blame the napoli fans.

My point is that the Napoli fans (ulltra) are calling this decision ! (if true)

daRobot

rarnes1 wrote: »

That's mental tbh!

Isn't it just. Imagine Kevin Nolan talking to the head of West Ham's "firm" so a cup final in Wembley could start.... Totally bananas. Glad the UK police got a hold of this type of nonsense in the 80's. Unfortunately, Italy has a bit of a history for letting "organisations" getting out of hand, and looks to be the same today.

Mikeyt086

Pretty mental, but this ad-libbing and stalling by Trevor Francis is painful watching. "Theres Gervinho, scoring a goal there."

Is it getting a bit awkward in the studio?

Feels like they are running out of things to say...

I'm waiting for "What's your favourite humming noise?"

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

Pretty mental, but this ad-libbing and stalling by Trevor Francis is painful watching. "Theres Gervinho, scoring a goal there."

Haha they really are struggling to kill time, you'd think they'd just go to ads.

klose

Theres a rossi on the bench for fiorentina, is it Giuseppe?

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klose wrote: »

Theres a rossi on the bench for fiorentina, is it Giuseppe?

Yup after 4 months out

Moneymaker

klose wrote: »

Theres a rossi on the bench for fiorentina, is it Giuseppe?

Yes. He was banging in goals for them until he got injured again.

daRobot

Sky are delighted to announce that negotiations with local Mafia leaders have been successful, and the Italian Cup shall go ahead.

Vincent Vega

Awful xfactorish butchering of the national anthem there.

Finally, a game!

Paz-CCFC

Sky muted the fans when the national anthem came on. Two seasons ago, when Napoli were in the final, their fans drowned it out with jeers when it was being sung.

Cantona's Collars

A Napoli fan was shot.

Ulysses Gaze

zerks wrote: »

A Napoli fan was shot.

By the police or rival fans?

machiavellianme

Neto in goals. Sure where else would you find him?

Lapin

There's gonna be a shítstorm in Rome tonight regardless of the result of the game.

Assuming the game starts - and lasts till full time.

1-0 Napoli

What a goal !

klose

Inisgne 1-0 napoli, smashing finish after a hamsik run through midfield.

n32

2-0 insigne again

Headshot

Naples are unreal on the counter

2-0

Ulysses Gaze

Fiorentina being ripped apart here,

2-0 Napoli

Insigne again.

Mikeyt086

Fiorentina haven't come out for this.

klose

Fiorentina are playing like traps ireland, just pumping it long

Ulysses Gaze

What a goal.

Who says Italian football is boring!

Game on.

Mikeyt086

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

Fiorentina haven't come out for this.

.....aaaaaaaaaand they're back in it.

Moneymaker

Game on now. Great finish from Vargas.

Headshot

Pity about the 2nd half

What a miss!

Reina did well to close the angle tbf

Ulysses Gaze

Mertens 3-1

Game Over

Napoli fans singing 'O surdato 'nnammurato

3-1 Napoli

Jelle1880

This has been a pretty good game, second half was a bit less but still highly entertaining.
And as a Belgian I'm happy Mertens is showing his class.

Fans on the pitch

LuckyLloyd

Another trophy for Rafa

Lapin

Why do Sky blur out the scores when showing clips of the game ?

grenache

The Napoli fan shot before the Coppa Italia final on 3rd May, has died.

http://www.thesirenssong.com/2014/6/25/5840954/ciro-esposito-the-napoli-fan-shot-before-the-coppa-italia-final-dies

Ciro Esposito, the Napoli fan shot before the Coppa Italia final, dies
By Kirsten Schlewitz  @KDS_Football on Jun 25 2014, 9:58a 1

The 29-year-old passed away on Wednesday morning.

We are greatly saddened to report that Ciro Esposito has died. The Napoli fan was shot prior to the Coppa Italia final on May 3rd, and had been in intensive care for the past 50 days. His condition deteriorated rapidly after a lung operation on June 19, and he passed away early on Wednesday, June 25.

The mayor of Naples posted a tweet, proclaiming the city to be in a day of mourning.

RIP Ciro