Still tension in Naples, where at the end of the Champions League match Napoli-Eintracht Frankfurt a group of Napoli ultras sought contact with the German fans, shortly before the transfer of the latter to Salerno and Rome began from where they will return to Germany. They threw more firecrackers and paper bombs, smashed the windows of several parked cars and threw glass and objects.
The police have closed the gates of the waterfront and via Chiatamone from which it is possible to reach the stretch of via Caracciolo where the German fans are located. The inhabitants of the area are literally barricaded in their homes.
High tension afternoon
The city yesterday afternoon was put to fire and sword. Violent clashes between the two fans have transformed the streets of the historic center into a battlefield. The heart of the city, between Piazza del Gesù and Calata Trinità Maggiore, was the scene of the launch of objects, destroyed bar tables, garbage, smoke and tear gas residues, water from the hydrants used by the police. That's where the police car was set on fire.
Terror among passers-by and street traders. Showcases destroyed. Shopkeepers forced to close. The German supporters arrived in Naples without a ticket to the stadium, also following the battle that ended in front of the Tar, which made the ban on sales definitive due to the clashes in Germany in the first leg, when Napoli won 2-0. A ban issued by the Neapolitan prefecture just to try to stem problems of public order.
Unanimous condemnation for the very serious events in Naples
Unanimous condemnation for the very serious events in Naples. In action "we did not see fans but criminals. German delinquents. But the Italians who supported them are also delinquents" by buying tickets for the match. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani at Porta a Porta.
Even Nancy Fraeser, German Interior Minister, via Twitter condemned with "the utmost firmness" what happened: "Violent criminals who create chaos destroy sport".
The mayor of the Neapolitan capital, Gaetano Manfredi speaks of "unacceptable scenes of devastation". And the League demands that Germany pay for the huge damage caused. While Vittoria Baldino, vice president of the 5 Star Movement in the Chamber invites the Minister of the Interior Piantedosi to report in the Chamber: "The German fans of Eintracht Frankfurt are putting the city to fire and sword. Where is the security government now?
This morning, the prefect of Naples, Claudio Palomba, will chair an urgent meeting of the Committee of Public Order and Security, in relation to what happened. At the end, the meeting with the press.
Spalletti's appeal: "Let's not ruin the party"
"We are not going to ruin the goal we have reached around the city, we must celebrate leaving aside the provocations and be up to the goal reached". This was said by the Napoli coach, Luciano Spalletti, to the microphones of Prime Video, addressing the Neapolitan fans after the historic qualification for the quarter-finals of the Champions League, in reference to the presence in the city of Eintracht fans.