Real fan stabbed before Rome game

Roma (ANTARA News/Reuters) - A Real Madrid fan was stabbed before the Champions League last 16 first-leg match with AS Roma on Tuesday, Italian media said.

The young fan was taken to hospital suffering from cuts to his backside after the incident in a square, the ambulance service was quoted as saying.

Italy has a soccer hooligan problem and a series of knife attacks have been reported before matches in the Italian capital in recent months.(*) END