The Curva Sud Milano will not be performing a derby tifo this evening, and an explanation has emerged as to why.
Contrary to some rumours circulating this morning, MilanNews report that the Curva haven’t abandoned their plans to do a display in their section. Instead, they simply decided not to prepare anything at all.
What happened
The tifo request, complete with renderings, was submitted to the club a few weeks ago, with the specific goal of immediately obtaining written authorisation to proceed with the preparations which, as everyone knows, require weeks and a significant financial commitment.
The approval from the staff (with partial reservations regarding the content), despite the fans’ repeated requests to the club, only arrived midway through this week, effectively making its production impossible.
So, in effect, the Curva didn’t refuse to perform a choreography, but rather they were left with too little time to do what they had planned. There will be no protest though: the ultras will be there to vocally support the team, like in the last derby despite similar tensions.
In this climate of constant bans and absurd rules that seem to apply only to San Siro, for the first time in nearly 60 years of history, the club has ordered the AIMC to allow for a choreography organised by Milan.
From the information MilanNews have, the club has communicated the ban on displaying banners of Milan clubs in the second orange tier. This potentially sets another worrying precedent.
