EURO 2000: Italy practice interrupted by fan invasion

June 9, 2000
SportServer

GEEL, Belgium - Italy experienced its first pitch invasion of Euro 2000 on Friday when three fans interrupted its training session in northern Belgium.

One of the fans, a man who appeared to be in his teens or early twenties, planted a kiss on Alessandro Del Piero's cheek before police frogmarched all three offenders from the field.

Around 300 supporters have turned up to watch each of Italy's pratice sessions at Geel, east of Antwerp. Dino Zoff's side is training in the modest stadium of the local second division side.

Italy starts its Euro 2000 group B campaign against Turkey in Arnhem on Sunday.
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