Second friendly in Italy abandoned after fight
Reuters - Saturday 31 July 2010, 10:54
MILAN - Catania's match with Greek side
Iraklis was abandoned because of players fighting, the second
pre-season friendly involving a Serie A club to be halted
because of violence in two days.
The referee suspended Friday's game in northern Italy after
70 minutes following a succession of bad fouls and scuffles,
Catania said in a statement on Saturday.
The Sicilians were leading 1-0.
Cagliari's friendly with Corsican rivals Bastia in Sardinia
on Wednesday was also abandoned after 75 minutes for the same
reason.
Full scale brawls are fairly uncommon in Italian league
soccer but when tensions do boil over players often go to
extremes.
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