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#9 Atalanta and Ternana
Few clubs in Italy are as politically oriented or controversial as Ternana. The Stadio Libero Liberati outfit has some of the most passionate and vociferous crowds in the country. Like the name of their home and their much-publicized relationship with Livorno, the capital of Italian communism would suggest Ternana has always been an anti-establishment club.
Nothing showed this side of the Rossoverdi more than their infamous marijuana tifo, which was displayed during a Serie B match against Atalanta in 2005. However, their choice of neither the occasion nor the opposition was a coincidence. It was a result of their association with one of Italy’s main feeder clubs, Atalanta.
A member of the Curva Nord, known for its fascist outlook except in the case of Atalanta, the club’s friendship with Ternana is an ideological paradox, wholly dependent on their mutual hatred of Brescia and Perugia respectively. However, its true extent could be seen from a 2003 Serie B clash.
When Ternana took the lead after a questionable penalty in the 87th minute, the game was going only one way. However, their relationship with their rivals came to the fore, as they allowed Igor Budan to equalize unchallenged. Why the match went uninvestigated during the Calciopoli saga, is a million-dollar question.
