Juventus will appeal the two-match ban on the Curva and blamed Torino for being unable to identify those who threw the ‘paper bomb.’
An explosive device similar to a firework, but which lets off a huge bang, was thrown from the Juventus end of the Stadio Olimpico into a group of Toro fans ahead of the Derby della Mole last Sunday.
Juventus will appeal the two-match ban on the Curva and blamed Torino for being unable to identify those who threw the ‘paper bomb.’
An explosive device similar to a firework, but which lets off a huge bang, was thrown from the Juventus end of the Stadio Olimpico into a group of Toro fans ahead of the Derby della Mole last Sunday.
Juve released a statement condemning all acts of violence, but warning it would appeal the ban because it punishes 9,800 fans who would usually sit in the Tribuna Sud when there were only 1,400 present for the Torino game.
The club also complains that the inability of security and camera footage to identify the perpetrators proves how urgently an improvement in infrastructure is needed.
The Juventus Stadium is the most modern in Italy and has state of the art surveillance equipment, something the ageing arenas in the rest of the country do not possess.
Juve’s lawyers lodge the appeal because there is an “evident contradiction” in the ruling from the Disciplinary Commission.
In one line they note the item was “credibly launched from the higher zone of the away end,” then later on say the footage “ruled out all reasonable doubt.”