See Naples and support harmony? 2700 Frankfurt football fans want nothing more than to be there live in the Diego Armando Maradona stadium on Wednesday. But this is not certain. Even the current decision that SSC Napoli is required to make the guest contingent available until further notice does not mean that this will actually happen.

Ralf Weitbrecht

Sports editor.

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First of all, it is true that Eintracht's application for a temporary injunction was granted by the Administrative Court in Campania shortly before Frankfurt's Bundesliga match against VfB Stuttgart. A first victory at the green table for the Hessians, who saw their chances of progressing in the Champions League dwindling in the previous week, because in the return leg on Vesuvius – the first leg of the round of sixteen against the Serie A leaders had lost Eintracht 0:2 – initially no fans had been allowed.

A corresponding ban on the sale of tickets to spectators resident in Germany had been issued by the Ministry of the Interior in Rome. This has now been declared illegal. But Philipp Reschke, board member of Eintracht, firmly expects that the Italians will take action against the injunction. "The Prefecture of Naples will appeal against the decision of the Administrative Court, which will be decided on Monday or Tuesday."

"Unbelievable support"

Reschke spoke after the verdict on the sidelines of the home game against VfB of a "great and also for our Italian lawyers unexpected satisfaction, a milestone. But we have to reorganize everything that we and many others had to cancel in the past few days." A new, modified decree could be issued, "so the game continues". And in the background also the search for transport options, because the availability of charter aircraft to Italy is hardly given at such short notice. Nevertheless, Reschke also mentioned the political pressure that exists in Italy. "It's a much-noticed decision. The pressure is likely to grow enormously."

Markus Krösche, member of the board of Eintracht responsible for sporting matters, spoke of an "incredible support", should it remain with the current decision that Frankfurt fans may travel to Vesuvius. "That would be a nice thing." From Frankfurt's point of view, from a purely sporting point of view, it would have been nice to continue the previous home series of four wins in a row in everyday Bundesliga life. But VfB didn't play along.

The 1:1, achieved by the goals of Eintracht captain Sebastian Rode (55th minute) and Silas (75th), was deserved, "because we lacked the punch," said Rode. Eintracht, who are still in sixth place, are also lacking in self-confidence at the moment, which led coach Oliver Glasner to remark: "We played the best first half of Bundesliga history, we are in the knockout stages of the Champions League, we are in the quarter-finals of the DFB Cup – and at the moment we lack self-confidence." His concluding punchline, provided with Austrian diatribe: "We are fools."