A friendly in Naples between England and Italy fans has been called over security fears. Violent threats from hooligans prompted the Football Association to intervene amid huge concern over the wel…
A friendly in Naples between England and Italy fans has been called over security fears.
Violent threats from hooligans prompted the Football Association to intervene amid huge concern over the wellbeing of those who were due to take part in the match.
It has led to the friendly being called off over security concerns with Naples already seeing flashes of football-related violence in recent times.
The FA’s head of security, Steve Lewis, liaised with UK police as well as his counterpart in Italy before a decision was made.violence broke out on the streetsPolice cars were overturned and set on fire while missiles were launched as members of the public fled in shocking scenes in Naples.With nearly 2,500 fans set to fly to the Italian city this week to watch England face the Azzurri, Gareth Southgate has insisted that he has been assured of no trouble.
“In the end, it’s for the Italian FA to decide where they play their games,” he said. “Clearly, our organisation will always try to make the travelling experience as smooth as possible for our fans and that’s important.“I think we’ve got to be careful about prejudging any experience.“From a personal perspective, to go to such a famous football city and having grown up watching Maradona win the title there, they look like they are going to do that again. I have to focus on the bits I can control.
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