The back and forth about the admission of Eintracht Frankfurt fans in the difficult away game in the Champions League at SSC Naples will probably continue.
According to information from the Italian news agency “AGI”, the Prefecture of Naples issued a ban on Sunday. To “protect public safety”, supporters from Frankfurt are not allowed to buy tickets for the game.
The Bundesliga soccer team had previously achieved legal success. The competent administrative court had granted Eintracht’s application “for the issuance of a temporary injunction”, said the SGE: “Accordingly, the ban on the sale of tickets to people residing in Germany, which was pronounced against SSC Napoli for the round of 16 second leg on Wednesday, for declared unlawful.”
For the time being, Napoli was obliged to “make the guest card contingent available to Eintracht Frankfurt for a total of 2,700 cards,” the Frankfurters said. However, the club expected an appeal or a modified decree from the prefecture, which has now apparently happened.
Napoli reacted angrily when the ban was overturned. The club said they were “deeply concerned about the decision”: “The concern stems from the concrete possibility that riots could occur, as the Interior Ministry’s Analysis Committee for Sports Events found.”
The game will take place on Wednesday (9:00 p.m. / DAZN) in Italy. The Europa League winner lost the first match in Frankfurt 0:2. There had been some violent attacks and arrests around the stadium around the game.
To prevent such riots from happening again, no tickets should be sold to away fans.