text: when a player shoots a ball on the spectators, what happens? will the person who catches it take it home or will he give it back to the match officials? first of all a player never shoots on a spectator it is because he misplaced a shot on goal. secondly i guess the fan will be hit by the ball and get on with it (big deal). thirdly if you tried stealing the ball you would either:  a. get kicked in by the police/stewards. b. get tortured by your own fans for wasting time and being a dick. c. if you where in italy you would get battered by the police. if that happened in any other country that national team would be banned but it's okay in italy because it's part of the culture.