Aleksander Ceferin threatens to relocate matches if opposing fans are banned
On the eve of the Champions League round of 16 second leg between Naples and Frankfurt (2-0 victory for the Italians in the first leg), which will be played without German supporters, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin announced his dissatisfaction with this situation, evoking a ” intolerable situation “. On March 8, the prefecture of the city of Campania had prohibits Neapolitan club from selling tickets to people domiciled in Germany for fear of disturbing public order.
After a reversal of this decision by the courts, at the request of Eintracht, a new ban was pronounced, this time only for people domiciled in Frankfurt. None of the 2,700 places initially allocated to visiting supporters in the Maradona stadium in Naples will therefore be occupied. So that this situation does not happen again, Aleksander Ceferin explained that ” if something like this were to happen, then the clubs will not play in the cities causing the sanctions. »
Incidents on the way
During the first leg, the police had reported a few incidents the day before and the day of the match, with several arrests. Eintracht and its supporters are under close surveillance by UEFA after the invasion of the ground and the use of pyrotechnic devices in his Waldstadion, after qualifying for the Europa League final against West Ham last May.
In September, during the trip to Marseille in the Champions League, incidents also broke out between supporters of the two clubs, with smoke bombs exchanged between stands and a seriously injured Frankfurt supporter. German supporters also gave Nazi salutes.
