Roma-Feyenoord, everything is ready for tonight's Conference League final at 21.00 in Tirana.
After last night's clashes between fans and police, calm seems to have returned around the Kombëtare Arena.
Thirty injured, including 20 policemen: all were discharged.
Meanwhile, 51 Roma supporters have been brought to Durres and
sent back to Italy on board a ferry, as "unwelcome people".
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3.40 pm -
The safety plan prepared by the Prefecture started this morning at 7: in the streets
of the
Capital
, the model successfully adopted for last year's Europeans will be replicated in order to avoid, or limit as much as possible, any problem of public order.
In total, about
1000 law enforcement agencies
will be employed.
At
the Olympic Stadium
everything is ready for the opening of the turnstiles to welcome the approximately 50,000 Giallorossi fans who will watch the final on two big screens.
14.03 -
To allow the outflow of fans who will follow the final of the Uefa Conference League this evening between Rome and Feyenoord through the big screens of the As Roma of the Olympic Stadium, at the request of Roma Capitale, the Provincial Committee of the Order and Security has ordered
changes to the public transport service of the capital
.
This was announced in a press release.
The day and night service on the entire surface network of Atac will be regularly operational unless otherwise specified by the Committee.
Also for the underground network, the service will be regular with
last runs from the terminus at 11.30 pm
.
Work has been suspended on the Castro Pretorio-Laurentina section of metro B which will be active on the entire Rebibbia / Ionio-Laurentina line.
Yesterday, however, the Rome Police Headquarters had ordered the stop of the Atac and Roma Tpl bus and tram network, throughout the municipal area, from 10pm to 3am.
ANSA agency
Conference League: incidents in Tirana, clashes between police and Dutch fans - Football
Conference League final, a man injured in the head, also 2 agents, 8 people arrested.
Accidents also with Roma fans.
Megastriscione of 'Mou' on a Vespa on the facade of the university near the stadium (ANSA)
13.25 -
"To the Roma fans who are already or are arriving in Tirana and are without a match ticket, and I think there are many, I say to go to the 'fan zone' reserved for them, which is a practically 'sealed' park located to the south of the stadium ".
This invitation is addressed
by the Ambassador of Italy to Albania, Fabrizio Bucci
, who confesses to be "Roman and Roman" and who will be present "with my yellow and red scarf around his neck" tonight at the Kombetare Arena to attend the final of the Rome-Feyenoord Conference League: "I hope to enjoy the game".
In the meantime, he has prepared in the embassy "a task force that has been working 24 hours a day for two days to be ready for any eventuality and provide assistance. First of all, I have to make sure that the machine works".
But Ambassador Bucci also wants to say something about those, of Romanist faith, who have been stopped by the police or even already repatriated.
"
They are pseudo-fans
- says Bucci -.
We understand that some of them were stopped because they tried to cross the security line set up by the police in the center.
Others were found with knives, jacks and clubs and so, speaking as a fan, I say that this is a sport, and not a battle.
Whoever goes to the game as if he were going to war is a criminal and I think there is nothing more to add. "There is also time for a recommendation:" Our strong suggestion to the authorities here not to serve alcohol in glass containers is was heard - says the Ambassador - but groups of drunken Dutch supporters have been around since yesterday and when they are in these conditions they become dangerous, as we saw last night: be careful "
11.24 -
From 7 this
morning
at Fiumicino airport, charter departures for Tirana with the Giallorossi fans on board who, from the stands of the National Arena (Arena Kombetare), will attend tonight the final of the Conference League that Rome will play against Feyenoord.
At a rate of one take-off every 30 minutes until 14, the departure time of the last plane, there will be 12 special flights, including that of 12 by Ita Airways, which will bring about 2000 supporters to the Albanian capital.
It is
a yellow and red stain
for the presence at Leonardo da Vinci of the many Roma fans wearing scarves, caps and jerseys of Roma with the names of their favorites, including Abraham, Pellegrini and Zaniolo, but there are also those who pay homage to Totti and De Rossi, the one that characterizes the check-in area of Terminals 1 and 3 this morning. Under the security control of the Fiumicino Polaria and assisted by the airport staff of Aeroporti di Roma, the fans, lined up in front of the check-in desks, await their turn and, amidst laughter and jokes, they sing a few chorus from time to time to shout their
"Forza Roma"
.
Then there were many photos of the fans and selfies made with the VIPs we met on the way to Tirana, including Blanco, a white tank top and sunglasses with black lenses, and Antonello Venditti who, amused by the "warm embrace" received, were then escorted up to the gate.
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