Italian Serie A president Maurizio Beretta (C) talks to reporters as he arrives to attend a meeting in Rome December 7, 2010. REUTERS/Tony Gentile
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian football's new policy of ordering partial stadium closures to punish anti-Naples chanting has backfired and needs to be reconsidered, Serie A president Maurizio Beretta said in an interview on Wednesday.
Several clubs have been punished this season for anti-Naples chanting by fans, an offence officially termed "territorial discrimination", even at matches at which Napoli have not been playing.
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