The appeal was dismissed. Although it is a decree and not a ruling, given the timeframe, the Regional Administrative Court (TAR) ruled that the National Observatory for Sporting Events' decision to limit ticket sales for Cremonese-Cagliari, scheduled for Thursday at 6:30 PM, to fans in possession of a fan card, was legitimate.
Cagliari Calcio's grounds for appeal were rejected by the Brescia section of the Lombardy Regional Administrative Court.
The restrictions were imposed because the match had been defined as "characterized by risk profiles" resulting from a possible mass travel by fans resident in Sardinia.
The Rossoblu club had filed an appeal "to protect its image and that of its supporters, requesting the immediate suspension of the measure." The club had strongly contested the sales restrictions, emphasizing that there had never been, historically or recently, any rivalry or incident of violence between the two fan bases. In sporting history, confrontations between the two clubs have been extremely rare and always uneventful. Furthermore, many Sardinian supporters had already purchased tickets for the trip.
The Regional Administrative Court (TAR) did not accept the arguments. In short, the Lombardy administrative judges held that the fan card serves to curb tensions in stadiums; anyone who wants one—even through the club's website, with "Passione Casteddu"—can acquire one in just a few minutes. They also emphasized that Cagliari Calcio "appears, on the one hand, to urge its fans to sign up for such a card , and, on the other, to complain that the administration requires possession of one to allow access to the stadium, so much so that it almost seems contrary to its own rights." In short, the TAR argued that Cagliari was in contradiction. Who pays? The fans.
Enrico Fresu
