DJ RE:HAB
15-03-2006, 01:21 PM
Three Middlesbrough fans have been stabbed and injured after trouble erupted in Rome before the club's Uefa Cup clash with Roma.
Several other fans were also injured as a group of visiting supporters were attacked in the Italian capital on Tuesday night.
The stabbed fans were taken to hospital for treatment and it is not yet known how serious the injuries are.
Middlesbrough chief executive Keith Lamb confirmed there had been violent clashes between both sets of fans
"There was an incident in one of the bars in a square in Rome," Lamb told Radio Five Live.
"Some Boro fans were drinking in a bar and the bar was attacked by some Roma fans.
"A number of Boro fans have been injured - a small number - and taken to hospital and received medical treatment.
"As far as I'm aware everybody is okay now, although one was retained in hospital but is in a stable condition."
The incident has cast a massive shadow over Wednesday's tie at the Stadio Olimpico with both clubs hoping for no more unsavoury incidents.
Bastard Italians.....
Didnt they learn from heysel... **Joke** (Ducks For Cover)
Several other fans were also injured as a group of visiting supporters were attacked in the Italian capital on Tuesday night.
The stabbed fans were taken to hospital for treatment and it is not yet known how serious the injuries are.
Middlesbrough chief executive Keith Lamb confirmed there had been violent clashes between both sets of fans
"There was an incident in one of the bars in a square in Rome," Lamb told Radio Five Live.
"Some Boro fans were drinking in a bar and the bar was attacked by some Roma fans.
"A number of Boro fans have been injured - a small number - and taken to hospital and received medical treatment.
"As far as I'm aware everybody is okay now, although one was retained in hospital but is in a stable condition."
The incident has cast a massive shadow over Wednesday's tie at the Stadio Olimpico with both clubs hoping for no more unsavoury incidents.
Bastard Italians.....
Didnt they learn from heysel... **Joke** (Ducks For Cover)