1BSPORTS 1B Sports June 13th Many Genoa fans bought about 100 Serie B relegation play-off tickets for their city rival Sampdoria under a pseudonym to ridicule and interfere with their arch-enemy.
In the Serie B League this season, Sampdoria had already been relegated to the Serie C League, but due to Brescia’s fiscal crisis, Sampdoria was relegated to 17th place in the standings and will play in two rounds of relegation play-offs with Serie B No. 16 Sarenitana. Sampdoria has seen hope of relegation again, while Genoa fans currently playing in Serie A have used special methods to mock the difficult situation of the derby rival.
At 2:30 am on June 16, Beijing time, in the first leg of the Serie B relegation playoffs, Sampdoria faced Sarenitana at home. In order to attract fans to cheer on the spot in the battle of life and death, the ticket price of this game is only 2.5 euros to 5 euros, while Sampdoria season ticket users can buy tickets for only 1 euro. Ticket sales are booming, with 21,400 sold, including 300 visiting team fan tickets.
But then it was discovered that some of the Genoa fans bought tickets under pseudonyms. Many Genoa fans use the pseudonym Massimo Ferrero, who is the former chairman of the Sampdoria club, and some other Genoa fans choose the pseudonym Olly Balorda Nostalgia, the singer is a Sampdoria fan. There are also fans who use the name of Italian Football Association Chairman Gravina to buy tickets. Genoa fans believe that Gravina is the “master behind” who punished Brescia for relegation and helped Sampdoria relegation.
In addition, there are many Genoa fans who choose to pretend to be former players who have played for Sampdoria, such as Bazani, Volpi, Vlaki, Garone, etc. Some fans also chose Genoa’s famous names, such as Diego Milito and Franco Scolio. Some fans even chose some famous Italian murderers’ names, such as Alberto Stasi and Michele Misser.
Genoa fans hope to use this method to interfere with the ticket sales of their arch-rival Sampdoria and allow Sampdoria to have many open spaces in this relegation play-off at home. Sampdoria officials have subsequently discovered this move by Genoa fans and have canceled all tickets purchased using very ridiculous pseudonyms, totaling about 100.