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At first the match looked set to go ahead and the two teams were threatened with ‘losing’ the game if they refused to carry on, but a phone call arrived for referee Roberto Rosetti.
“I spoke with referee Rosetti,” revealed League President Adriano Galliani, “and we agreed that it was best to suspend the match in these conditions.”
Roma seemed to be more eager to halt the match, as it was the Giallorossi fans who ordered a stop to proceedings.
“We were ready to go on and told Galliani this,” insisted Roma director of sport Franco Baldini, “but he chose to suspend it and I must say under the circumstances it was entirely the right decision.”
“The false news was taken as true by a large part of the crowd and at that point it became very difficult to change their minds beyond reasonable doubt. The game could not carry on.”
Rome derby called off
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