Just three hours before the start of the second leg of the Champions League round of 16, it’s almost 600 fans eintracht travelers NaplesDespite being unable to enter the stadium, they rioted and sowed the seeds of chaos. In the historical center of the Italian city.
The ‘ultra’ faction of the German team has faced the police accompanying them since this morning; They even set the police car on fire and garbage containers. there was also Clash with Naples’ radical factionLocal media reported that those who smashed the window of one of the buses that took the Germans from Piazza del Gesù Nuovo, in the historical center of Naples, where the events took place, to the hotels where they were staying, threw stones and bottles.
The Italian authorities have calmed down the conflict and now their goal is to keep the area around Diego Armando Maradona Stadium calm, where no signs of violence have been seen so far.
This Tension in the match started in the first match, where riots broke out in the city center anyway. Therefore, the Naples Government Delegate banned the sale of tickets to German fans residing in Frankfurt this Sunday. A decision that did not please a Tedesco club, which issued a press release against the measure and did not prevent large numbers of fans from coming to the southern Italian city.
Eintracht returned 2,400 tickets to Naples this Tuesday night, corresponding to the sale in the visitors’ section of Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, which will remain closed.
Despite the bans, more ‘ultra’ fans are expected to come with tickets obtained through third parties, thanks in part to the alliance between the German team and Atalanta. infiltrate the stadium as local fans.