The sad news of the death of Gigi Riva has also reached Riyadh, during the Supercup final between Napoli and Inter. The two teams observed a minute of silence before the start of the second half, but boos were heard from the stands of the Al Awwal Park Stadium, to which the Italians in the stands responded with applause.
The image of Thunderclap appeared on the stadium screen and the speaker explained who was being honored. However, boos were clearly heard from the stands, with even the players on the field trying to drown them out with applause. A similar incident had occurred in January during the minute of silence for Beckenbauer (Supercup semi-final between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid). From what has been learned, according to a reconstruction by the Serie A League, in Arab culture there is no tradition of honoring the recently deceased with silence.
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