Naples has been underneath siege since final evening. This Wednesday the Atalanta ultras twinned with the German followers of Eintracht arrived within the metropolis, who have been denied entry to the Maradona stadium to witness the spherical of 16 of the Champions League. Nearly 600 Eintracht followers who’ve traveled to Naples, regardless of not having the ability to entry the stadium, have brought about riots and sowed chaos within the historic heart of the Italian metropolis.
The rigidity was already very excessive final evening. When about 600 supporters of the German workforce arrived by practice on the Piazza Garibaldi station and the historic heart, the primary clashes between opposing followers happened. The tensions culminated this afternoon with clashes towards the police forces lined up in Piazza del Gesù, the place the German followers but additionally the intense fringes of the Neapolitan followers have actually destroyed every thing.
Riot police have had to make use of water cannons to discourage ultras. A police automotive has been set on fireplace. The chairs have been blown up. It’s a guerrilla battle smack dab within the center. Terror amongst passers-by and road distributors. Police and carabinieri in riot gear have tried very onerous to get the German followers out however there usually are not sufficient numbers.