Juventus Fined 10,000 Euros After Some Fans Turn Their Backs and Chant During Minute of Silence for Mazzola

Juventus was fined 10,000 euros because some fans disrupted the minute of silence for Mazzola. The sports judge cited the club's swift criticism and the rest of the crowd's refusal to join in as mitigating factors.

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Juventus was fined 10,000 euros for the disruption of the minute of silence for Mazzola before the September 20 match against Atalanta.
Some fans in the south stand turned their backs and chanted, while other spectators responded with applause.
The sports judge cited the club's swift official criticism and the other spectators' refusal to join in as mitigating factors.

"No rivalry can justify behavior that abandons respect during a minute of silence." Reuters/CNA reported on the 22nd that this was a line from Juventus's statement. The statement was not aimed at the opposing team. It was aimed at the club's own home crowd. Just before kickoff against Atalanta on the 20th, the 1-minute silence honoring Inter Milan legend Sandro Mazzola was broken by some fans.

Juventus Fined 10,000 Euros, With 2 Mitigating Factors

The question is how far the club is responsible for the conduct of some spectators. According to Sky Sport's report reproducing the grounds for the ruling, the sports judge on the 22nd imposed a fine of 10,000 euros on Juventus. The one paying is the club, not the individual fans.

The same ruling also lists grounds in the club's favor. The judge cited the club's immediate official criticism and the fact that the rest of the crowd did not join in the problematic behavior as mitigating factors.

The September 20 Match Against Atalanta: What Happened During the 1-Minute Silence

The scene in question came from the south stand. According to Reuters/CNA, some fans turned their backs to the pitch during the silence and shouted slogans or sang. Other spectators in the stadium responded with applause. L'Équipe reported the same scene. The match ended in a 2-0 Juventus win, and the sanction was announced 2 days later.

Date (2026)	Development	Source
Night of September 18 (reported via diocesan records)	Mazzola dies	Archdiocese of Milan
September 19	Reports of his death	AP
September 20	Disruption during the silence before Juventus-Atalanta; Juventus win 2-0	Sky Sport, L'Équipe
September 22	Sports judge fines the club 10,000 euros	Sky Sport, Reuters/CNA

Mazzola: 565 Appearances for Inter, Ballon d'Or Runner-Up, 5th on the All-Time Scoring List

Mazzola was a one-club man who played all 17 seasons of his career at Inter Milan, from 1960 to 1977. According to Inter's official records, he played in 565 official matches, winning 4 Serie A titles, 2 European Cups and 2 Intercontinental Cups. He was also the Serie A top scorer in 1964-65.

For the Italian national team, he scored 22 goals in 70 matches and experienced the Euro 1968 title and the runner-up finish at the 1970 Mexico World Cup. AP reports that he finished second to Johan Cruyff in the 1971 Ballon d'Or voting. He was 83.

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Giuseppe Meazza	284 goals
2	Alessandro Altobelli	209 goals
3	Lautaro Martinez	177 goals
4	Roberto Boninsegna	171 goals
5	Sandro Mazzola	161 goals
6	Luigi Cevenini III	158 goals

In the club table updated on September 5, Mazzola is 5th with 161 goals, and all figures in the table are as of that date. However, both an Inter club article from 2016 and AP's report on the 19th give 158 goals. It has not been confirmed why the two tallies differ by 3 goals.

3 Points Where Outlets Differ: Who Imposed the Sanction, Career Goals, Date of Death

Even who handed down the sanction differs by outlet. L'Équipe wrote the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), Reuters/CNA wrote Serie A, and Sky Sport wrote the sports judge. It is more accurate to read it as the FIGC ordering the silence and the sports judge deciding the sanction. The date of death is also inconsistent: Reuters/CNA says Saturday, while the Archdiocese of Milan's records are reported as the night of September 18.

What came out on the 22nd was the announcement of the fine. Final confirmation, meaning the appeals process has concluded, has not been verified. The original text of the decision has not been obtained, but the amount reported by Sky Sport and Reuters is the same, 10,000 euros. It was only some fans, not the supporters as a whole, who turned their backs. Even so, the bill came to the club, and the price of breaking a minute of silence was 10,000 euros.

Related Official Sites

Juventus Official Website — Check official club statements and match news
Lega Serie A Official Website — Check league schedules, results and official notices
Inter Milan Official Player Record for Sandro Mazzola — View the club's official appearance and goal records for Mazzola

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