Champions League – Eintracht revolt against the last no to the fans

Decision contested. On Sunday afternoon, the prefect of Naples, Claudio Palomba, decided to ban the sale of tickets to Frankfurt residents, for the Champions League match Napoli-Eintracht Frankfurt, scheduled for Wednesday at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium. In Germany, however, they contest the new measures. During the hours in which ticket sales were open, the German club informed their fans that, in the event of such a decision, the money invested in travel arrangements would have been lost (match tickets are never been for sale). Some Eintracht supporters could therefore still decide to face the trip to Italy. Oliver Glasner, coach of Frankfurt, tried to make fun of the situation: “Maybe on Monday there will be new indications, on Tuesday still more. I just hope they allow at least the group-team to go to Naples”.

The reaction of the club

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Already in recent days Philipp Reschke, a member of the club’s board of directors, had pointed the finger at the Italian authorities who, according to him “do not want or cannot guarantee security around this match. In the city and at the stadium. The Neapolitan security authorities had four months: that the matches were classified as high-risk competitions due to the rivalry and the general circumstances, which of course also presented a challenge for the respective security officers, is no discovery new overnight”. After the prefect’s decision, Reschke returned to office, highlighting the fact that the ban only affects Frankfurt residents: “There would be countless ways to actually get around this decree and bring some of our fans to the stadium. But, first, we won’t let ourselves be divided into postcode areas. And, secondly, we don’t want to expose anyone on the spot to the evident danger of the arbitrariness of the authorities, as we are experimenting in an unprecedented form with all those in charge of Naples. We will therefore give up the possibility of bringing fans away.” Yet Eintracht will still appeal against the new ordinance of the Naples Prefecture: “In view of the limited time available, it is now mainly a matter of principle and aimed at future events,” said Reschke. With Eintracht still contesting the decisions of the Italian authorities.