Rome (EFE) wreaked havoc in the historic center of the Italian city.
The ‘ultra’ faction of the German team 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.
The Italian authorities have calmed down the clashes and their goal is now to keep the area around the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium quiet, where there have been no signs of violence so far.
The tension for the game began in the first leg, in which there were already riots in the center of the city.
The Government Delegate of Naples prohibits the sale of tickets to German fans residing in Frankfurt
For this reason, the Government Delegate of Naples prohibited this Sunday the sale of tickets to German fans residing in Frankfurt.
A decision that 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.
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.