Roma win second appeal Friday 21 January, 2005
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Roma have won the right for fans to attend their next Coppa Italia game against Fiorentina.
After winning one appeal to have the match played at the Olimpico, and not at a neutral venue, the club have now also successfully argued that their quarter-final encounter shouldn’t be played behind closed doors.
The club had been handed the punishments after fan trouble at last week’s Siena clash caused the tie to be suspended for over an hour.
Roma this afternoon took the matter to CAF, an independent appeals body, to argue that supporters should be permitted into the arena.
They presented a number of precedents in which other clubs have turned ‘behind closed doors’ rulings into a fine.
The actions of Roma captain Francesco Totti, who pleaded with tifosi to stop throwing flares onto the pitch, was also cited in the hearing to his and the club’s merit.
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