Curva Sud have announced that they won’t be cheering during AC Milan’s first competitive game of the 2025-26 season, while the rest of the games are uncertain as well.
Milan are scheduled to face Bari in the Coppa Italia tomorrow evening, with kick-off set for 21:15 CEST at San Siro. It will be the first competitive game of the 2025-26 season and many tickets have been sold; it could even be a sell-out.
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However, while many fans will be present in the stands, the atmosphere might not be as electric as expected. On their Instagram account, the Milan ultras Curva Sud have announced that they won’t be cheering as usual.
Curva Sud’s announcement
The announcement has made Curva Sud’s stance very clear and it’s a worrying message ahead of the Serie A opener. If a compromise isn’t reached between the parties, then the atmosphere could be poor for the entire season. Below is the announcement…
“Many people have written to us in recent weeks asking if the Curva Sud of recent years – passionate, colourful, with its historic banners, spectacular choreography, and relentless cheering – would be back where it belongs. Well, today, after a long, deafening silence from the club, we can give you the first answers:
• no feedback on the new banners
• almost all old banners banned
• blacklist with a ban on season tickets for the 2nd blue, but with the possibility of buying tickets for each game
“Tickets can be bought for other sections of the stadium, as well the 2nd blue section. Yes, you read that right, for public order reasons they ban us from season tickets for the 2nd blue, but if we manage to get one of the few tickets available for the 2nd blue match by match, the public order problem magically disappears: madness!!!
“This blacklist includes not only vocalists, choreographers, drummers, and various group leaders, but also their children, wives, and many other young people with no criminal record, simply for expressing their legitimate opinions and protesting against the club at Casa Milan during peaceful, properly authorised demonstrations.
“With great regret, today, under the authoritarian regime imposed at San Siro, there isn’t even the slightest condition that allows us to cheer as we’ve been accustomed to for decades and as happens in every stadium across Italy.
“It’s a shame for the coach and the team, sacrificial victims of this decision by the club, the product of blind, unjustified, and illogical repression. Happy theatre to everyone”
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Stupid Curva
Useless
Curva Sud, y’all brought this upon yourselves. You let a criminal run your organization and then wonder why the club wants that sort of vice out of it’s business? You coerce people, tell ppl what to do and then now blame authoritarianism ??? Get a grip! You are no better than the people you are blaming.
oh no, regular people can buy tickets at market price for the benefit of the club they support rather than for the profit of handful of ‘real’ fans with criminal records who extort the club, sell weed on the stadium for their own profit and consider themselves proudly as bandits. What a reputation loss for the club…
In several weeks “Curva Sud moans about poor start to the season”
I wonder what it’s like at clubs where they support their teams…
Screw the curva
What will Milan do without criminals carrying colorful banners and choreography, replaced by fans cheering their effing team!!!
The. Curva sud should protest themselves
The problem with AC Milan being profitable is they need not put up with Curva shenanigans and outright criminality for the revenue and atmosphere.
I will miss the atmosphere even from my TV.
But the Curva overplayed its hand. Bad. It’s like the remora trying to steer the shark. Laughable.
People here really used to side with the criminals from Curva because they were salty about Maldini/management
They arent fans, any normal fan would be looking forward to the season and supporting the club
As usual the Cardinale bots are here attacking Milan fans now too. The truth is that Cardinale doesn’t want passionate fans cause they criticize his shady work in the club, which isn’t good for publicity and for his investment fund. Thats about it. Also think about it, what kind of “real” fans would like no cheering for their club.
That’s tricky. The massive investigation about both curve from Milan and Inter unveiled deep ties with the mafia. But most people here don’t understand that 99% of the Curva members are random people, not criminals. They might be loud, drunk and you avoid them outside San Siro but they’re dedicated to the team and push for that legendary atmosphere.
You’re probably right though that the ownership has a major opportunity to expel those people now, those who live for those colors and who rightly criticize the clowns at Casa Milan. PSG did that a few years ago, having the longtime fans banned so they can fill the stadium with tourists and VIPs that would spend more.
I don’t often agree with you, but you’re right on the money here. Most of the curva may not have criminal records, but the ones that sit further on top of the organization do have ties to the mafia.
They can still get tickets just not in their usual area. If couple of people have been involved in crime they should be judged as individuals. I have never seen justice system where you punish everyone for the deeds of few. I also don’t get how banning banners and choreography is connected to any crime. At worst they could call out the ownership for bad management with those things, so that prob is the real reason for banning them.
It won’t be the same without the banners and chants. Don’t see why they can’t ban the bad individuals and their associates. I’m sure the authorities have all the necessary information. It’s definitely a move to silence dissent.
Sure, Cardinale has a problem with shady fans, meanwhile the journalists, pundits and worldwide fans who have been complaining about the poor recruitment in recent years, he’s okay with them! Give your head a wobble. Fans with links to organised crime make for bad optics.
i never like the criminals named themselves as ultras.
but if you love and support the club, it DOESN’T mean that you also have to support the owner or the management and their policy.
because owners, management & players are come and go, and AC Milan will be AC Milan
We don’t need criminals with extensive records in the stands of any games. Authoritarian regime lol… I’d rather the stands be full of regular folks than the curva.
I’ve slammed the management many times on this site. But actual investigations by law enforcement have found deep ties to criminal elements in the upper echelons of the curva.
Yes most of them don’t have criminal records, but they allowed their organization to be taken over by criminals.
Maybe before speaking they should clean their own house.
Oh heavens, what we’ll do without the Curva drums and horns, we are already damned before the season starts!
Come on, these blast criminals can bitch and moan whatever they want, forget them.
No worries, kiss cam and hot dogs is what we’re here for. Enterainment first. The American way.
we all know you love to suck on something other than hotdogs.
You confused me with your mom.
Buy tickets like everyone else. Act respectful like everyone else. Stop being so annoying.
What is the point of them, if they don’t cheer the opening of the season? They just demonstrate self-pity.
Big support from me. Without you this club is like teatre,like you said. Nothing will better this year with this owners and managment.
Last night i saw poor Milan without idea and inteligence play. This year again 6 to 8 place at Seria A
Don’t think its as simple as people here make it out to be. Mafia is everywhere in Italy and i’m sure there are just as many involved with them from the regular fans. Mafia and Italy is not a Curva thing, its a italian thing. Southern clubs are way worse than Milan and Inter when it comes to mob involvement. You need to attack the roots not the few who bloom from it.
You are not completely wrong, but if you punish a lot of people for the actions of a few, the majority will take action about those few *if they are really passionate about the club and not about power* Otherwise it is nobody loss tbh
The people that have broken laws or committed crimes on the property or have conducted illegal activity that was related to the club should be banned. However, these other people are being wrongfully punished. It’s kind of like de-banking someone or denying someone access to a public park b/c of your loose association with a group of people. Now AC Milan is a business so they should have the right to deny any customer they want but it’s not exactly Walmart is it? It’s a tricky situation and ultimately, the atmosphere is a problem if the group isn’t allowed in or have these extreme restrictions. We lose that 12th man feel. Do we want to face Inter or Napoli at home in silence? They need to sit down with these people and the Curva need to select new leaders and make some kind of gesture to show that they are cleaning house and doing what they need to on their end to show respect to the club they claim to love. Milan need to do the right thing and listen to them and maybe set a clear “to do list” for the curva on the changes needed. Just coldly closing the doors and throwing out the baby with the bath water will not solve anything long term. Hopefully they can figure this out sooner rather than later.
Problem here is not only Milan decision but police is involved so it is not as easy to sit down with the Curva. In fact, Curva should show some kind of willingness to solve this issue since it is a LEGAL issue after all