“Hell”: the chilling images of the clash between the ultras of Naples and Eintracht Frankfurt before the Champions League match

In real hell lived in southern Italy. What should be a party ended up turning into a nightmare. It’s that the fans of the Naples and some Eintracht Frankfurt of Germany staged serious incidents ahead of the rematch of the round of 16 of the Champions League.

It all started when a large group of ultras from the home team went to pick up the 600 German supporters who were traveling despite the ban on entering the stadium. Diego Armando Maradona for the meeting which was to start at 5:00 p.m.

Although the police tried to avoid the crossover between the violent ones, the episode played out as if “an urban guerrillain the streets of Naples, as indicated by the European press which was there. In a report prepared by the newspaper La Repubblica, the reaction of the visiting supporters was not long in coming, since the supporters of the Eintracht Frankfurt They clashed with security forces and even set fire to a police mobile.

The widespread chaos was so intense that the clashes caused mass terror among the citizens who They had to take refuge in the buildings and in a church in the neighborhood.

During the first leg played in Germany, there were also incidents, so the Italian authorities decided to veto the sale of tickets for residents of Frankfurt. However, Nearly 600 Germany team fans have been in the southern Italian city since Tuesday evening It’s included They threatened to vandalize a Maradona mural. Some witnesses say that among his supporters there was also a recognized group of violent Atalanta fanatics from Bergamo.

Despite the reaction of the local police, who reinforced the security operation with more troops, the checks could not prevent the incidents. So far, there is no official data on the number of civilians arrested and injured.

THE POSTCARDS OF THE CONFRONTATION BETWEEN THE ULTRAS

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