Fan marks 'death of football'

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Last updated 00:00 02/08/2007

Reuters

NO DIEHARD: More than 20 gravestones lie on the local mountainside of an avid Inter Milan fan. Each marks the loss of a major match played by the club.

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An avid Italian football fan has started erecting a grave every time his team loses a major match.

Inter Milan fan Massimo Pecorino, 52, has so far placed more than 20 gravestones on a local mountainside according to website Ananova.

He says his team's grave mistakes can only be fittingly marked by a gravestone where he buries his hopes and dreams, near his home town of Cortona.

Pecorino said: "Instead of enjoying a celebration I felt like I was at a funeral, so I spent the day carving out my fury on a stone."

Luckily for Pecorino and the local mountainside Inter Milan are a rather successful football club, winning the Italian premier league, the Serie A, in both the 05/06 and 06/07 seasons.

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