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Originally Posted by ilgenio
Gio
I think if you had told Luciano (Diavolo) or Il Barone about your problems in the curva, those guys would have been thrown out earlier much earlier.
Anyway, I had another pleasant experience in the curva during my last trip to San Siro for the Bayern match. Some of the Brigate guys remembered me from my previous trip about 4 months back for the Udinese game  And there was this guy who asked me for some Japanese translations so that he can tattoo some Kanji on his body 
For the Bayern game, some section of the front rows of the curva were reserved for Brescia ultras making the trip to Milano, and I was standing beside the Brescia fans during the match. The guy standing beside me even moved to another row so that I could have more space after knowing that I've travelled more than 3000 miles for the match 
Should we beat Lyon  and face Barcelona in the semis, and if my work schedule permits, I may consider making another trip to San Siro again for the Barcelona game. |
genio, i know that many guys there are great persons,that's why i always distinguished upon the cases. But i couldn't ask anyone to solve OUR (as a group) problems down there because it's simply out of Ultras mentality to ask someone to protect you. In facts all the problems started when some members of my group told Il Barone that Vecchia Guardia was a pretty dead group, and it was undecent for a group that stood just next to Brigate (usually the more quiet groups stand in the outer part of the C Sud). These guys felt like they were overruled by younger guys and got upset. As i told , it was a problem about politics and balances between groups inside the Curva. We started as a group of friends inside Vecchia Guardia and slowly grew up in number (when the maltese came for some games, and we were all there, we counted more than 20-25 persons) and it hurted some chieftains of VG.
We couldn't ask for anyone's help, because it would have been simply out of place, these things aren't dealt with gentlemen's agreements, at best you can barely speak about your reasons, if your lucky; many times you get punched first then you complain, if you dare to. The more you complain the more you get punched, you must know how these things go. So shutting up sometimes is the best thing to do.
Btw i think Curva is a fascinating place overall, so i suggest everyone to experience it , but it has its rules, and if you go there you must accept them.
Being me a bit hotheaded i avoided troubles in advance.
A little example about Juve-Milan: i was there with Franco6 and other maltese guys of Milna Club Malta and there was this guy who started harassing us and the people nearby jumping on the lower rows several times. it was clearly intended as a tentative to be cool/hardcore in front of his friends- The maltese guys came from malta and spent a good amount of moneys to watch the match, so i couldn't stand their moment was spoilt by a prick. Being there quiet persons i thought it was on me to stop this guy breaking the balls, so i took him from his jacket and shouted like a fool in front of his face. This guy stopped immediately.Afterwards he came quietly and we chatted a bit, i wasn't angry.As you can see the rule down there is the rule of the jungle. Even though most of the times the Curva is a safe place and enjoyable one.