Here in Italy the situation is becoming very hard. I am fed up with hearing insults from our rivals every Sunday and, as time goes by, the situation worsens”
Abedi Pele, footballer from Ghana, in April 1996.
Facing the problem of racism in Italian stadiums means going over the history of curve support (the “ultra” support based on the terraces), to understand both the dynamics that enabled racism and right-wing extremism to spread and the intervention strategies necessary to combat it.
