Atalanta curve closed for one round for the chants against Vlahovic- Corriere.it

A controversy has arisen which has not yet subsided after the interventions of the president of Fifa Infantino and those of the Atalanta coach Gasperini. The press release reads that «considering that, as indicated by the report of the collaborators of the federal prosecutor’s office, the supporters of Atalanta occupying the sector called «Curva Nord Pisani» raised, at the 46th, 47th, 53rd and 54th moments of the second half, boorish chants and insults of racial discrimination against Juventus player Dusan Vlahovic; also considering that in the aforesaid report, the collaborators of the federal prosecutor’s office declared that these serious manifestations of racial discrimination, perceived by all four representatives of the federal prosecutor’s office located in the various parts of the plant, came from up to 80% of the approximately 9,000 occupying the aforementioned sector (called «Curva Nord Pisani»); considering that this public behavior was taken note of by the race director, who asked to notify the person in charge of public order for the usual announcements of the incident; considering that the even meritorious gestural intervention of some home team players towards their fans, and on one occasion the disapproving boos of part of the rest of the public, could not prevent the recurrence of such regrettable demonstrations; considering that, due to the seriousness, dimension and real perception of the phenomenon as well as the repetitiveness of the same, the aforesaid behaviors assume disciplinary relevance pursuant to art. 28, nos. 1 and 4, CGS», the judge «decided to sanction Atalanta with the obligation to play a match in the sector called “Curva Nord Pisani” without spectators».

The Bergamo club was also fined 10,000 euros “for having its supporters, during the match, throw objects of various kinds into the enclosure and onto the pitch, including those of a blunt nature, without hitting anyone, and, moreover, for having 21st minute of the second half, intoning an offensive chorus towards the referee».