OSM Special Investigation  Racist. Violent. Corrupt. Welcome to
Serie A (part two)  For years it was the finest league in the
world: beautiful, brilliant and glamorous. But this season a
tide of scandal has swept across Italian football - and now
threatens to overwhelm it  In mid-December last year, following
a humiliating cup defeat, an enraged Inter fan threw a Molotov
cocktail outside the San Siro stadium. This was significant for
two reasons. First because it suggested a disturbing level of
preparation. And second because of the incendiary's intended
victims. It hit and damaged the coach carrying the Inter team,
in other words the highly priced players the Inter fans cheer
every week. Marco Tardelli, the coach, was one of many on board
badly shaken by the attack. 'I just cannot accept this type of
violence bursting its way into football,' he said. 'After the
Heysel disaster, this is the worst that's ever happened to me in
football. Next thing they'll be shooting at us from the
grandstand.'  The firebomb w