"Enough of knives": the murder of Vincenzo Spagnolo
Genoa fans.(Assigned)
By @josefelipem
On January 29, 1995, many football fans were in front of TV to watch the meeting that Canal + broadcast from the Italian League.The Genoa received Milan in his stadium, who came from being champion the last three seasons.On television, they announced what had happened in the surroundings of the Luigi Ferraris stadium in the previous meeting, which is why the ultras of Genoa wanted, at all costs, that the meeting was suspended.Near the sports venue had stabbed Vincenzo Spagnolo, a well -known local team fan.It was not a encounter among radicals, Vicenzo was killed in a scheduled action in a pizzeria of Milan days before.
On October 19, 1975, for the first time, the banner of the Brigate Rossonere Milanistas was hung.One of its founders, Antonio Negri, was, and is, an outstanding member of the Italian left, founder of the Operaio Operaio movement in the late 60s.In those years of Italian lead, Negri was accused of belonging to the red brigades and ultra groups with left -wing connotations were a majority in the country's stands.Interestingly, incongruous, its symbol was the skull of the Nazi SS, something that would remain unalterable until the disappearance of the group.
The truth is that in those months of 1995 the Brigatte, something common in many ultra groups throughout its history, lived internal tensions.The Grouppo Barbour, formed by young people with violent ideas, decides, in that Milanese pizzeria, go without escort and without any type of Milanista distinctive to Genoa to 'give a lesson' to local fans, the same fans who had been twinned years beforeWith them, but a descent to second of the Milanista, in a party in which the Genoese were involved, broke that good existing treatment.Had become enemies.
Without police escort, the radical group arrives at the surroundings of Marasi, where Vincenzo Spagnol.After several provocations and insults, Simone Barbaglia draws a knife, which nails in Spagnolo's stomach, which continues to walk, looking for help until it collapses.His murderers will enter the stadium.The first part is played until the news runs from mouth to mouth among local fans.These begin to throw objects into the field, preventing Sebastiano Rossi from standing under the sticks in the second half.The captains speak, the captain of Genoa, Vincenzo Torrente, is heading to the bottom of his ultras: he will not play more.While the referee suspends the meeting, the security forces strive that the fans of the Milan can leave the stadium, but they only achieve it at night, with the need to circulate tank through the city center to try to clear streets.Before they leave Genoa, the police carry out a recognition wheel of all the followers of Milan, who are located in front of Vincenzo's friends, in addition, each Milanista fan is photographed to find the murderer.The final balance is a deceased and 18 injured, many of them are police officers.
The investigation concludes that Simone Barbaglia, Carlo Giacominelli, Massimo Elice and Luigi Dozio have participated in the murder.Giacominelli is an old acquaintance of Milan.Nicknamed ‘El Surjano’ for his ability when using white weapons, he is a historic fascist militant.Barbaglia, gardener by profession, declared in the trial that he found himself scared and did not want to harm Vincenzo, but, after a controversial first sentence, he was subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment.The other three ultras received different penalties, being demonstrated that they acted "as a military command".No one believed that tanned Ultras of Milan ended up putting in the mouth of the wolf in Genoa and that the stabbing was practically due to a legitimate defense action.They were going to look for the confrontation and kill.
Unfortunately, later, there were other murders in the stands of Italian football, but the dead of Vicenzo SpagnolSee with violence, such as the non -use of weapons.
Years later, Luca Vicenti published the daily book of an Ultrá Domenicá, in which he narrated everything that happened.Spagnolo's memory is still alive, because the swollen genoves, traditionally left, carries out numerous initiatives for social purposes always with the memory of her murdered partner.For his part, Simone Barbaglia left prison in 2006.For the memory there was always a motto that, in banners, wore the ultras of all the teams of Italy for several days: Enough Lame, Enough Infami (Enough knives, Enough infamous).Unfortunately, the knives still do not disappear from Italian stands.
