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A Serie A soccer evening – Italy’s top professional league – turned into a story worthy of a grotesque comedy at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, the stadium owned by Juventus, one of Europe's most successful and well-known clubs. Following Juventus' 5-0 victory over Cremonese, a team from a small town in Lombardy, two brothers from Bologna (approximately 300 kilometers distant) tried an unusual "nighttime occupation" of the stadium. Their plan was as easy as it was surreal: hide in the hospitality areas—the stadium's VIP rooms, outfitted with sofas and equipped with catering services—and spend the night there, taking advantage of the event's leftover food and drinks. For a few hours, the strategy nearly succeeded. Once the match ended and the spectators left, the two hid themselves inside the stadium, probably relying on the common practice that the facility would remain closed and silent until the subsequent day. However, the presence of security personnel sabotaged the plan. They noticed strange movements and called 112, the European emergency number (similar to 911 in the US). The Carabinieri, one of Italy’s main police forces with nationwide jurisdiction similar to a federal police, intervened on site. Upon seeing law enforcement, the two attempted to flee inside the stadium, unsuccessfully. During the search, one of the brothers was found in possession of three bottles of Italian sparkling wine that had been taken from the reception area. This resulted in his arrest in flagrante delicto (a procedure established by Italian law when an individual is apprehended in the act of committing a crime), and the young man will be subject to a short trial, a form of expedited proceeding. The sister, on the other hand, was not arrested but instead charged with complicity to commit theft, allowing her to remain free until further judicial proceedings.
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