BERLIN (Reuters) - The decision by Italian authorities to ban Eintracht Frankfurt fans from attending Wednesday's Champions League last-16 return leg at Napoli led to chaos and contributed to the resulting violence, the German club said.
Fans clashed with police in the Italian city prior to the match which Napoli won 3-0 to advance to the last eight."We remain convinced that blanket ticket sales bans, or even entry and travel bans, will not achieve anything," Eintracht board member Philipp Reschke said in a club statement.
"Everything was prepared and organised, from the fan meeting point to the transport and so on. This organisation was replaced by improvisation and chaos. That doesn't justify anything, but it's part of the story," he said. Eintracht's attempts to overturn the ban failed but a group of the German club's supporters made the trip to Italy anyway.
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