The opening game of the final Serie A round, between Spezia and Napoli, ended 3-0 for the visitors, but the match will be remembered for the crowd trouble.To be precise, the tie was halted after just 12 minutes following ugly clashes between fans behind Spezia’s goal. The situation erupted, with Napoli leading 1-0 after Politano’s strike.What makes this situation even more bizarre is that there were no reason for tension whatsoever. Spezia were already safe in Serie A and Napoli had secured third place.Le immagini degli scontri tra tifosi #Spezia e #Napoli #SpeziaNapoli pic.twitter.com/FWdSFgpJbL— Claudio Russo (@claudioruss) May 22, 2022 According to DAZN, the fans began throwing things at each other, including fireworks, flags and plastic seats.Players and both coaches rushed over in a bid to calm their supporters down, but some Spezia fans broke onto the pitch and were stopped by their players from reaching coach Thiago Motta, who is reportedly leaving the club.Spezia 0️⃣-3️⃣ NapoliNapoli cap off a 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 season with an emphatic victory 👏🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/ar7enOZMov— LiveScore (@livescore) May 22, 2022 Dries Mertens and Lorenzo Insigne, who were on the Napoli bench, sprinted over to speak with the Napoli ultras and urged them to stop throwing things.The match resumed after some ten minutes.According to Sky Sport Italia, Napoli fans considered it a ‘revenge’ attack for Spezia supporters ambushing some of their rivals before the match.SERIE A – ROUND 38FridayTorino – Roma 0-3 (0-2)/Abraham 33, 42 pen, Pellegrini 78 pen/SaturdayGenoa – Bologna 0-1 (0-0)/Barrow 66/Atalanta – Empoli 0-1 (0-0)/Stulac 79/Fiorentina – Juventus 2-0 (1-0)/Duncan 45+1, Gonzales 90+2 pen/Lazio – Verona 3-3 (2-2)/Cabral 16, Anderson 29, Pedro 62 – Simeone 6, Lasagna 14, Hongla 76/SundaySpezia – Napoli 0-3 (0-3)/Politano 4, Zielinski 25, Demme 36/19.00: (1.16) Inter (9.50) Sampdoria (16.0)19.00: (7.00) Sassuolo (4.50) Milan (1.52)22.00: (1.77) Salernitana (3.80) Udinese (5.50)22.00: (5.20) Venezia (3.70) Cagliari (1.79)***odds are subject to change
