"Unfair competition": SGE boss Krösche slams UEFA ruling | OneFootball

Eintracht Frankfurt had been eagerly anticipating the next highlight of the season in the Champions League. The match in Naples was supposed to be another football festival. However, this event will take place without the SGE’s own supporters.

There is great concern that the scenes from March 2023 could repeat themselves, when violent street battles broke out in Naples between aggressive fans of both clubs. For this reason, the police already showed an increased presence around the stadium on the eve of the match. There is also heightened vigilance throughout the city. At least: everything remained calm during the night leading up to Tuesday, with no incidents reported.

What is causing even greater frustration for Eintracht Frankfurt, however, is the exclusion of their fans. The prefect of the city of Naples had previously decided that no tickets would be sold to away fans—a measure that SSC Napoli accepted.

Eintracht appealed this decision to UEFA, but—as expected—the appeal was rejected. As a result, many club officials decided not to travel to Italy. From the board, only Philipp Reschke, responsible among other things for fan affairs, and sporting director Markus Krösche are on site in Naples.

Krösche once again vented his anger over the exclusion of fans. He told 'Bild': “For our team, this measure and the exclusion of our fans is a very hard blow. It is absolutely unacceptable. And it must be said clearly: in a competition like the Champions League, this is a clear distortion of competition!”

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