‘I’m PROUD’: Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis praises the horrific actions of the club’s ultras that saw automobiles established on Fireplace and windows SMASHED in prior to Wednesday’s 3- Champions League past-16 next-leg get over Frankfurt
Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has praised the steps of club ‘ultras’Violent protests erupted prior to Napoli’s previous-16 clash with FrankfurtThugs established automobiles on fire, introduced projectiles, and smashed windows in
The utter chaos that erupted in the Italian metropolis centre of Naples on Wednesday night has been astonishingly praised by Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis.
It was a scene of terror in the streets prior to Napoli’s spherical-of-16 Champions League clash with Eintracht Frankfurt as ‘ultras’ of the Italian facet rioted in the metropolis and harmed house.
Vehicles, which include a law enforcement auto, ended up set ablaze, projectiles were thrown, and windows have been smashed in by admirers. Now their conduct has been praised by the Napoli main who admitted he is ‘proud’ of their thuggish conduct.
Talking at a push meeting that was held on Thursday early morning in reaction to the horrific scenes that dominated headlines, De Laurentiis drew weird comparisons to English football and the steps of previous conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
‘Probably those people who shout ‘Naples is us’ yesterday were being outside the stadium, chasing the Germans in the town or guerrilla warfare with the police. And yesterday Maradona was an English stadium.
Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has praised the steps of his club’s thuggish supporters
Hundreds of Napoli and Eintracht Frankfurt enthusiasts have clashed in Naples, Italy, forward of the team’s Champions League match tonight
A law enforcement motor vehicle and other cars ended up also established alight though automobile windows have been damaged all over the street
‘And I am proud to have given this picture to people, to these who have followed us on Television set all above the environment.
‘Now politics has to offer with the dilemma and I hope that [Giorgia] Meloni will do as the only prime minister who experienced the bravery: the British Margaret Thatcher. La Uefa?
‘It signifies by itself. Just imagine of what took place in Paris for the Champions League last… [Ursula] Von der Leyen must also inquire herself the challenge.
‘Because in Europe there are tens of millions of admirers who must be revered and shielded, as opposed to a violent fringe’.
Even more criminal acts then took put as riot law enforcement arrived to consider and disperse the crowds that had formed in some of the city’s historic streets as the problem risked escalating even further.
Law enforcement have been at some point able to get every thing underneath command and Italian outlet Gazzetta report that 8 folks – five Italians and a few Germans – were arrested for their violent participation.
Automobiles in Naples city centre experienced to be extinguished by firefighters just after getting set ablaze
A police auto was set on fireplace amid violent clashes in between Napoli and Frankfurt supporters
Riot police were being named in to disperse the violent crowds triggering trouble before Napoli’s round of 16 clash with Frankfurt
Tensions have been currently elevated in the construct-up to the Champions League knockout clash immediately after Napoli experienced refused German supporters travelling from Frankfurt tickets for the match following former altercations in the 1st-leg encounter.
Hundreds of the Bundesliga club’s supporters nonetheless designed their way to the city to attempt and guidance their staff who trailed 2- on aggregate and have been marshalled by police as a result of the Piazza del Gesu just before clashing with Napoli ‘ultras’.
De Laurentiis also created the suggestion that traveling to followers were to blame for the troubles as he accused them of ‘smoking marijuana’.
‘Sport is such if the admirers are healthy. And family members should go to the stadium, not people who want to market or smoke marijuana.