Reds fans attacked in Turin Champions League, Wednesday April 13 2005 Police have detained eight Juventus supporters following an attack on a Liverpool fan in Turin on Tuesday night.
The buttault happened around midnight, less than 24 hours before the start of Juventus' Champions League quarter-final second leg against Liverpool at the Delle Alpi.
Security for the game is high as the match is between the teams involved in the Heysel Stadium disaster 20 years ago, when 39 spectators died following crowd trouble.
The Liverpool fan received treatment on the scene but did not go to hospital.
Turin police spokeswoman Cecilia Tartoni told PA International: "Last night, a group of Juventus fans entered a pub in the city centre where a group of English supporters were.
"There was an argument, and a Liverpool fan was hit in the head with a bat by one of the Juventus fans.
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"The Liverpool fan received medical attention in the pub. He did not have to go to hospital, and the prognosis is that he will recover in seven days. He will still go to the game tonight."
Tartoni said police acted swiftly after the attack.
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"Twenty Juventus fans were stopped by the police," she said. "We searched the vehicles and their homes and we found baseball bats and other weapons. Eight of them have been detained by police for being in possession of arms."
