The Italian Ministry of the Interior has ordered a travel ban for fans of both Juventus and Torino following the violent behavior that occurred on May 24, according to Tuttosport on Wednesday. For the first 10 matchdays of the upcoming season (until Nov. 3), the away fans sections of games that both teams will play away from home will be closed, hurting both the Bianconeri and Granata on the field as well as doing some collateral damage to the bottom lines of the host venues for the games.
This is the latest fallout of the incident outside of the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, the immediate results of which were a delay of the Derby della Mole on the final matchday of the 2025-26 season and the hospitalization of a Juventus supporter. In human terms, thankfully the fan was able to be operated on and there was no loss of life. In sporting ones the late start time – and the ultras’ abandoning of the game after Juventus refused to cave to their demands and abandon the game themselves – took the wind out of the team’s sails as they had zero support in the derby and also knew by the halftime whistle that any further efforts were in vain: the results of the other scheduled games had sealed their 26-27 Champions League fate and firmly closed the door on the competition.
The ban is lengthy and will see Juventus with no travelling fan presence for the first five away games (in the away fan’s section; there are often Juve supporters sprinkled throughout the general crowds, given the team’s popularity up and down the peninsula). The matches included are Frosinone (MD 1), Sassuolo (MD 4), Cagliari (MD 6), Lecce (MD 8), and Genoa (MD 9). Tickets will not be sold to fans from the Piedmont and Lombardy regions for these games.
It seems as much as we all want to close the door on the no-good, awful season that was, it had one last ‘gift’ to give, leaving a lingering reminder that will last until early November.
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