On this day in 2010, Italy’s Euro 2012 qualifier against Serbia at Genoa’s Luigi Ferraris Stadium was abandoned after seven minutes due to rioting by Serbian hooligans.

Kick-off had already been delayed by more than 30 minutes because of trouble involving fans both inside and outside the stadium.
Inside the ground, before kick-off, a Serbian hooligan wearing a black balaclava climbed onto the tall plexiglass fence at the front of the away stand, used a wire cutter to slice apart a protective net and threw flares towards the north stand, where Italian supporters were seated.

The masked hooligan was Ivan Bogdanov, one of the leading members of Crvena Zvezda’s Ultra Boys hooligan group.

EXCLUSIVE FOR VIPS ONLY