2023-11-08 17:45:13
Firecrackers explode, the police are on site with a contingent. There are riots in Naples before Union Berlin’s Champions League game. There are injuries and arrests.
Naples.
Eleven German football fans were arrested after riots before 1. FC Union Berlin’s Champions League game at SSC Napoli. During the night there were serious clashes between supporters of the Bundesliga soccer team and the police, the police said.
About 300 Union supporters gathered in the center of Naples late in the evening. According to police, they all wore red scarves to cover their faces. They attacked the emergency services with paving stones, clubs and metal and wooden poles. The police also reported that supporters of Borussia Mönchengladbach were also mixed in with the Union fans. Some Union supporters have a fan friendship with Borussia Ultras. Several police officers were reportedly injured in the riots.
The fans also threw smoke bombs and firecrackers. Some streets around the central Piazza Dante were blocked by them. Garbage cans and other larger objects were tipped over by them. During the riots, parked cars were damaged and shops were also vandalized.
Police increase presence
“The clashes with the emergency services were literally sought after by the German fans,” the Ansa news agency quoted Naples police chief Maurizio Agricola as saying. The police are now increasing their presence at the game in the evening to prevent further incidents.
Union Berlin asked its fans before the game in the Champions League on Wednesday evening (6.45 p.m./DAZN), for example, to forego their fan clothing outside the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. They should also “avoid remote areas of the city of Naples,” said the Unioner in a message to their fans. Napoli and the local security authorities had already pointed out the potential risk for football fans.
The majority of Union fans – around 2,500 have tickets for the game – probably didn’t want to make the trip until the match day itself. According to the Eiserner Virus fan club, the trip was planned by plane to Rome and from there by bus to Naples. They said they wanted to avoid staying in the city at all costs.
There had already been serious riots by Eintracht Frankfurt fans in Naples in March. At that time, the sale of tickets to fans living in Frankfurt was prohibited, but many supporters still traveled to Naples. (dpa)
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