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Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Burn One Down 

During a 1977 World Series Game, South Bronx residents set fire to the neighborhood surrounding Yankees Stadium. As a camera panned out over the stadium, Howard Cosell famously intoned, ''There it is, ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning.''


On Tuesday Milan fans stole a page from the Boogie Down Bronx, and tried to burn down their own stadium.



4/12/2005

MILAN, Italy (AP) - Inter Milan faces possible expulsion from the Champions League following the crowd violence that forced the quarter-final against AC Milan on Wednesday to be abandoned.

The crowd, angered when a goal was disallowed by German referee Markus Merk during the second half, threw plastic bottles and flares onto the pitch.

One flare struck AC Milan goalkeeper Nelson Dida in the shoulder, leaving him with bruising and a slight burn.



UEFA's disciplinary body will meet on Saturday to discuss what actions should be taken following the match.

"The disciplinary body have the full range of sanctions at their disposal," UEFA spokesman William Gaillard said. "There have been shocking incidents recently but this is the worst."

"We must make sure it doesn't happen again," he said.

The governing body will also discuss whether the full match should be replayed or just the last 17 minutes. It may otherwise decide to simply award the win to AC Milan, which had a 3-0 aggregate lead at the time the game was abandoned.


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