Football Frenzy

The bombardment and consequent blazing of Milan's San Siro Stadium turf with fireworks thrown by spectators, was an instance of unprecedented folly and nuisance. Such hooliganism seems to rise by leaps and bounds in a body-contact game like football. The charring of cars outside the stadium on the occasion of the Juventus-Arsenal match twenty years after the infamous match involving the two teams when many fans died, is another case in point. Such rowdiness, at a lower level as the game standard itself is, is also a part of Indian, especially, Kolkata football. No amount of security arrangement seems to be adequate once tension and excitement spreads among the fans. A major accident seems always in the offing.