Some of the fans in attendance at the home games of Italian soccer club Unione Sportiva Triestina are extremely well-behaved and quiet, perhaps a little too quiet for those supposedly watching a live sporting event.

Faced with an over abundance of empty seats in its 32,454 seat stadium, club President Fantinel Stefano, as reported by [URL=http://www.ilgazzettino.it/articolo.php?id=117658&sez=NORDEST]Il Gazzettino[/URL] ([URL=http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=it&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ilgazzettino.it%2Farticolo.php%3Fid%3D117658%26sez%3DNORDEST]translated[/URL]), turned to videogame inspired 2D fans to bolster stadium attendance. Blurry sheets containing images of fake fans are rolled out at home games in order to cover empty seats.
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