Why Italian football banned this number

Serie A and Italian football have banned the use of the number 88. But just why are they doing this?

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[taongaluo]

HH in my country (Zambia) are our president's initials which he uses all the time😂😂. Hakainde Hichilema.

[Mircea]

Bro my phone was literally 88% battery while watching this

[RyanChen-ml]

Scoring in the 88th minute should be illegal

[Sizdothyx]

In Asian cultures, 8, 88 and 888 are seen as lucky numbers, so you can give us all those shirts if you don't want em anymore.

[shilpikvs]

Just Ban lazio, nothing can be a better measure 😂

[hinrei]

All these things should be done 5 years ago.

[alun]

Imagine Immobile scores in the 88th minute and does the salute in front of the Stadio Olimpico crowds 😂

[lanreayeni]

If games can be stopped on the basis of chants, doesn’t that provide opportunities for fans alter games say if their team is losing ?

[dviesel]

This is an stupid regulation. There is no way a player wears the 88 for that reason

[wcubbin]

Mental note not to wear my Helly Hansen jacket to any Italian football matches.

[SanAntonio]

Number 88 jersey: 😱👹💀

Number 14 jersey: 😊🐶🦋

[EmpireSB]

As someone called Henry who’s favourite number is 8/88 because it is the 8th letter I’m now confused

[jmb]

Wait till Helly Hansen hear about this

[BorisAndrivichUA]

What if HH literally meant Hello Henry

[asikbanget]

In east and southeast asia 8 means wealth and fortune. So a repetition of number 8 is often seen there

[King_Hippo_]

I'm known for wearing eighty eight in my league, I was given the kit as a bench player, opted to keep it when I broke into the first team, and started a trend after breaking the assist record. Should I feel weird about wearing it now?

[undergroundlace]

Some memorable players in Serie A with numbers in the late eighties and nineties

[PHDiaz-vvyo]

Euro 88 hosted in…. You guessed it
West Germany
(That’s gotta trigger someone)

[brandonconway]

celtic fans use 88 cos the club was formed in 1888, and hail hail is often shortened to HH

[ShadowMoon]

The Serie A should just be abolished. They are a stain to Italy. I still remember when Mario Balotelli was with Man City and his club traveled to Inter Milan for the Champions League and the Inter fans threw bananas at him and did monkey chants.