Roma Aftermath II

So many reports out there in the past 2 days. I'm only going to put up those that are interesting to me.

Times - United Left in State of Shock by Praise for Rome Police
Times - United Fans Pay in Blood for Italy's 'Loose Dogs'
SportingLife - UEFA Expected to Take Toughline
Mirror - Ex-Liverpool Sta's Take on Violence in Rome
Telegraph - Police Exposed as Guilty Party
Telegraph - UEFA Plans 'Sports Police'

Meanwhile in the EPL:

Fergie Rages over Chelsea's Early kickoff - I'm kinda surprised Spurs get so little time off, but I'm not surprised by the decision. Wasn't it just last week that Moanrinho complained about playing catch up to United cause they always played catch up after United has played? Looks like the FA not only gave in to his request, but added a little something by presenting a tired Spurs side.

Battle of Rome Aftermath

News Reports:

Soccernet - United Fans Hospitalised
Soccernet - Frisk Report
Telegraph - Fans Clash with Riot Police
The Sun - 'Brute' Cops Beat Man U Fans
MEN - Fans Account
Guardian - UEFA Launches Probe
Guardian - United Condemns Police 'Over-reaction'
Football365 - Fans Group Fears Fatality

It's a shame it all comes down to this. The scenes I saw on TV were shameful and frankly doesn't bold well for all parties involved. The beatings were brute and seemed rather excessive. While the incident is being investigated, I'm sure UEFA will have to come down hard on both sides, especially since our fans were also involved in a similar incident in France in the last round. As the saying goes, 'there's no smoke without fire'. Twice in as many rounds kinda throws the innocent plea out of the window.