The Champions League round of 16 match between Napoli and Eintracht Frankfurt, which takes place this Wednesday at the Diego Maradona stadium in the Italian city, has been overshadowed by the unfortunate incidents caused in the historic center of the city. by radical fans of the German team.
Some 600 ultras have provoked a pitched battle against the police a few hours after the start of the meeting. These riots already occurred in the first leg of the tie, which caused the Government Delegate of Naples to prohibit the sale of tickets to fans of the Teutonic team.
In this way, the part of the stadium dedicated to away fans will remain empty. This decision did not please a German club that has already issued a press release against the measure and that has not prevented numerous fans from coming to the southern Italian city.
The ultra faction of Eintracht has confronted the police that have been escorting them since this morning, an operation of some 800 agents who have not been able to avoid attacking local businesses and even setting fire to a police car and garbage containers.
There were also clashes with the radical faction of Naples, although German fans are already being transferred from the Piazza del Gesù Nuovo, in the historic center of Naples, where the clashes took place, to the hotels where they are staying, media reported. local.
Eintracht returned to Naples this Tuesday night the 2,400 tickets that would have corresponded to it for sale in the visiting sector of the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, which will remain closed. Despite the bans, more 'ultra' fans are expected to arrive with tickets they have obtained through third parties, some thanks to the German team's alliance with Atalanta, and to infiltrate the stadium as local fans.
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