After the events in Naples last Wednesday, when about 600 fans of the German team Eintracht created clashes and riots in the city center, attention is focused on international football matches, and not only, in the coming days. For Roma, fate chose the clash with the Dutch of Feyenoord. The first leg will be played on April 13 in Rottedam and the return seven days later in Rome. The rivalry between the two fans had already manifested itself during a 2015 match, always of the Europa League: Dutch fans away in Rome became protagonists of episodes of violence in the city that led to damage to the Barcaccia fountain in Piazza di Spagna. Rivalry that was confirmed last year when the two teams faced each other again in the cup final.
The mayor of Rome, Roberto Gualtieri, asked the Minister of the Interior, Matteo Piantedosi, for a ban on Feyenoord fans: "I called Minister Piantedosi expressing my concern, because the match will be on the eve of the arrival of the inspectors for the EXPO in Rome. I asked the Minister about the hypothesis of a travel ban, a tough attitude to protect the city of Rome and the country itself. Even more so in such a delicate moment. I found the full availability of the Minister," the mayor said.
But that's not all: the National Commission for Public Order and Safety of the Interior Ministry has also raised the alarm for the risk of possible violence between fans on the occasion of Sunday's derby between Lazio and AS Roma and next Thursday's international match between Italy and England in Naples.