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Police were a little overly protective of these Sampdoria fans the other night

Roma assigned dozens of security guards to look after the small group of supporters.

A FEW DEDICATED Sampdoria fans made the five-hour drive from Genoa to Rome to watch their team face Roma in the Coppa Italia the other night.

While their numbers were small, their voices must have been mighty, because Roma assigned dozens of policemen to stand guard around themโ€ฆ in an empty stadium.

The absurd photo:

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Thereโ€™s typically a line of policemen that separate home and road supporters at games across Europe.

But this goes above and beyond. Itโ€™s basically a 1:1 ratio of fans to police.

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    Mute Mongoose
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    Jan 11th 2014, 3:47 PM

    Tells you all you need to know about the seria a. Not worth a fuk

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    Jan 11th 2014, 8:19 PM

    It was a coppa italia match

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    Mute Mongoose
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    Jan 11th 2014, 11:29 PM

    Well sorry. But to be fair ya wouldnโ€™t see that in most places cup or league

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    Jan 11th 2014, 4:20 PM

    Somewhat misleading headline. These are just match stewards not police are they not?

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