Italian Shower

On Saturday morning, I was surprised to find £12 back in my Betfair account.

It seemed a little odd, so I checked my account to find that 6 of my £2 bets on Serie A (Italian Premiership) had been cancelled.

Of course, my next stop was sportinglife.com to see what the hell was going on.

To my surprise/horror I read that the Italian authorities had decided to ban all football until further notice due to riots that had occurred in Friday nights Sicilian Derby between Catania and Palermo. Apparently, a policeman had died after he was hit by some sort of firework.

Firstly, I'd like to offer my sincere sympathy to the policemans family.

Ok, now that's out of the way, I've got some questions / observations.

1. Hold the phone...
Violence in Sicily (stop)
Dead policeman (stop)
Total over reaction from Italians (stop)
Ma ma mia (stop).

2. Hold the phone....
Italian authorities have used English Football as a success story (stop)
No more violence in English Soccer (stop)
English fans applaud team as they get relegated (stop)
Jolly bad luck old boy (stop)

And that's all I have to say on the matter.