Dairy farmers and shepherds on the Italian island of Sardinia rallied at the training ground of Serie A soccer club Cagliari Calcio on Saturday morning, demanding that players and coaches boycott an upcoming match in solidarity with agriculturalists.
Cagliari personnel were leaving the practice facility to board planes en route to their Sunday match against AC Milan, when they found a crowd of 100 sheep farmers had blocked the exits, according to Football Italia.
The incident was part of a larger week of protest on the island over the declining price of sheep’s milk. One liter of sheep’s milk is selling for 60 euro cents, down from 85, Euronews reported, leaving producers struggling to make ends meet.