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Chapter 67 Welcome to Naples(1/2)

When the whole Dortmund team arrived in Naples, they were grandly "welcome" at the airport - hundreds of Naples fans held signs and banners to demonstrate to Dortmund.

"Go back to Germany! Bitches!"

"You are not welcome here!"

"You are dead here!"

Some of them looked normal to welcome: "Welcome to Napoli!"

However, this sentence is followed by the pattern of a knife and a pistol.

What that means, naturally everyone knows...

What's even more excessive is that among these slogans and banners, the Nazi logo even appeared!

Although it was not very conspicuous, it was still seen.

Naples fans put pressure on them to interfere with Dortmund, and they are really useless...

Zhou Yi curled his lips to this - during World War II, Italy and Germany were the same group, both Axis powers. Is this the rhythm of monks scolding bald men?

Although Zhou Yi was a little disdainful of Napoli fans' methods, the actions of Napoli fans have indeed had some impact on Dortmund's players.

Security issues are indeed a very important issue.

Everyone comes to play football and makes money by football. Although they are usually a star in public, they are also humans, and they will die, be injured, and be afraid.

They are just here to play a game, and if they are threatened with life, it would be too unpaid, right?

From the airport, every Dortmund player felt this threat. In order to protect the safety of the entire Dortmund team, Naples specially sent a team of policemen to ride motorcycles and drive police cars to escort along the road.

Wherever the Dortmund bus goes, they can feel the gaze of Naples fans. You can't feel any kindness from the eyes of those people.

Someone was playing with the dagger in his hand in front of Dortmund's bus without any concealment.

All of these made the Dortmund players in the car feel a little restless.

"Why do I think we are on the battlefield?" Mark whispered to Zhou Yi.

"Don't worry, Mark. It's just a bluff." Zhou Yi smiled. He didn't care much about these atmospheres. He did not live in Naples forever. He went directly to the hotel and the stadium from the airport. He took buses. In fact, the chance of being threatened by life is very low. No matter how famous Naples is in the world for the mafia, he would not do irrational things for a game.

So these are just the mental pressure that Naples fans have created for Dortmund.

If you really care about this appearance, you will be fooled by Naples fans.

Although he heard Zhou Yi say this, Mark still shrank his body on the chair: "Anyway, I will never go out alone."

"There is nothing to go out. We went back after the game. Do you still want to try the Italian women's charm?" Zhou Yi joked.

"Stop kidding, how dare I..." Mark cried, he was really scared.

Zhou Yi patted his shoulder: "What's there to dare? Call me to the hotel room. If you live with me, I promise I won't interfere with you!"

"..." Mark couldn't help rolling his eyes. Zhou Yi could still joke in such an environment, and he was speechless.

Suddenly, a deafening roar came from outside the car window: "Napoli will win! Napoli will win!"

The roar alarmed the Dortmund players in the car. They turned their heads to the window and looked at the large number of blue Naples fans gathered at the entrance of the hotel in panic.

"You opened the wrong way, didn't you go to the hotel we stayed at?" asked a player.

"This is the hotel we stayed in..." someone immediately said helplessly.

A group of people looked at the crazy fans and forgot to speak, so the roars of Naples fans became clearer and more harsh.

This is the hotel where Dortmund players stay, but now there are a large number of Naples fans.

It is only a few steps from the bus to the hotel gate, but the Dortmund players are a little worried, worried that the weak security forces cannot stop the crazy Naples fans, who will be torn to pieces by the Dinapoli fans...

Seeing this situation, Zhou Yi couldn't feel relieved.

This away game looks...it's very difficult to play.

And there will be one other away game like this in the group stage - Galatasarez's home court, and there are too many legends about the crazy Istanbul.

From this perspective, this is probably the real reason why this group is called the "Death Group"...

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Fortunately, the fans of Naples did not break through the security wall, so Dortmund players were successfully transferred from the bus to the hotel lobby.

In fact, when I think about it calmly, Napoli fans certainly dare not attack Dortmund's buses and players. If it were apart from such a vicious incident, this game might not be held at all, and UEFA will directly award Dortmund 3:0 to win.

That's a good thing for Dortmund.

Napoli fans are not stupid, and of course they will not do such a decency. The game has not yet begun, and everything they do is just to create pressure on Dortmund and make Dortmund players perform poorly in the next game.

Even if you want to vent your anger, it will be time to end the game, and after Naples loses the game...

So at least now, Dortmund's players are safe.

However, not everyone can think calmly when they are in this atmosphere and environment, and people are easily merciless at the mercy of the atmosphere.

After dinner, assistant coach Buvac suddenly announced that the team was in a concentrated meeting.

Everyone finds this sudden arrangement strange: shouldn't the tactical meeting be held the night before the game...

When the players came to the conference room in confusion, they found that it was not Dortmund's coaching staff who came to the meeting for them, but Naples police!

When everyone saw the policeman wearing a uniform and holding a pistol on his waist, they couldn't help but feel nervous.

This is the first time since they participated in the away game.

"It's so. The Naples Police Department is very concerned about our safety issues, so I want to explain some of the situation to everyone..." Sports director Zorke explained to the players with a puzzled look. When he said this, his expression was a bit... weird.

"That's right, gentlemen." The policeman spoke. Surprisingly, he could speak German. Although his accent was a little strange, it was really German, and most people in Dortmund could understand it.

"I'm sorry for letting you see some bad things, but on behalf of the Naples Police Department, I promise you that you will definitely ensure your safety. Please don't doubt this. But I would like to remind you a little, please don't go out at will..."

Zhou Yi looked at Zorke and the representatives of the Naples Police Department strangely. He came from the airport and saw the performance of Naples fans, but he thought that it was the usual psychological method of home fans against the away team, and it was no big deal. Do those fans really dare to attack the players? Extreme fans attacked the opponent's fans, and he had heard of this.

Leeds United and Galatasaray met in the semi-finals of the League Cup. In the first leg, Leeds United went to challenge Galatasaray away. On the streets of Istanbul, Leeds United fans and Galatasaray fans clashed, which eventually led to the death of two Leeds United fans. At that time, the incident shocked the world football world and attracted another round of attention to football violence.

However, Zhou Yi has never heard of such an extreme fan attacking the players...

So he raised his hand.

The police representative noticed Zhou Yi's actions, so he stopped and looked at Zhou Yi: "Do you have any questions, sir?"

Zhou Yi stood up and said, "Mr. Police, will you make a big deal? That's just a means of pressure from home fans on the away team..."

The police representative shook his head repeatedly: "This situation is not ruled out, sir. But we cannot rule out other situations. We have noticed that some fans have made actions with a very obvious threatening meaning. We cannot take it lightly. If there is no problem, of course it is good, but what if it is? We cannot wait until there is a problem before making up for it..."

"What's the problem?" Groskreuz asked loudly.

The police representative turned his head and looked at him, then spread his hands and said: "In 1987, Napoli participated in the Champions League for the first time in history. Our opponent in the first round was Real Madrid. In the first round, we lost 0:2 to Real Madrid. In the second round, Real Madrid came to Napoli. In the second round, they had just arrived at the airport. Some extremists pretended to be crew members, insulted Real Madrid players, and even had physical violence..."

The police representatives said this to the Dortmund players were stunned.

"At the airport, hundreds of people blew banners, waved their fists, and sang insults. In order to allow the buses in Real Madrid to move forward smoothly, our police blocked the roads on both sides, but the fans of Naples on both sides still threw various things at the buses. When passing by a certain village, the local villagers pulled up big banners with the words 'Welcome, bastards!'."

The policeman was covered in gray hair and was old. He seemed to be like a witness to the incident at that time. He said it as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

"For this reason, all the hotels in Real Madrid stayed in closed. At around 10 o'clock, hundreds of people were waiting for Real Madrid on the street. They smashed stones, eggs and wood at Real Madrid players. There were also some extreme fans hiding near the hotel and blowing trumpets to affect the rest of Real Madrid players... Finally, when the Real Madrid bus was about to go to the stadium to play, we had to find six armored cars to surround their buses in the middle to avoid being attacked by extreme fans with stones and eggs..."

When the old policeman finished speaking, the conference room was quiet, and even Zhou Yi was so surprised that he couldn't stop talking.

He was not born in 1987. He really didn't expect football hooligans to be so rampant, nor did he expect that in Naples, the mafia city, the public security could be so chaotic.

"This is not a story, it's a real thing." After the old policeman let the Dortmund players digest a little shocked, "Of course, the public security is still better than that in the past, so don't worry that you will be treated the same as Real Madrid. First of all, you did not defeat us 2-0 in the first round. Secondly, we are also very severely attacking extreme fans... In short, you should pay attention to what you should pay attention to, and everyone else should not be too nervous..."

Although the old policeman finally comforted the Dortmund players, until he left, the Dortmund players' inner worries did not ease at all, but became even worse...

After Zhou Yi returned to his room, he checked it online and found that this was really the case.

He was completely speechless - it seemed that the old policeman was not making up stories to scare them.

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The Dortmund club announced a closure order, not allowing Dortmund players to leave the hotel for half a step away. In addition to adapting to the venue, they must stay in the hotel. Not only are they alone or in a group, they are not allowed to leave the hotel. Do you know whether there are any extreme fans in Naples ambushing in the dim alley?

In addition, Dortmund also issued a safety reminder for Dortmund fans who went to watch the game away, reminding them to pay attention to safety, try not to appear alone on the streets of Napoli, and it is best to go together. And try not to wear Dortmund jerseys and do not anger Napoli fans.

No one wants to go abroad to watch the court happily, but he left himself in the local area forever.

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The whole Dortmund team spent two days of pre-match preparation in tight security and a scattered panic atmosphere.

But I don’t know if it is because the security measures provided by the Naples police are relatively strict and thorough, or whether the extreme fans of Naples are very disciplined this time...

Although some extreme fans of Naples gathered outside the hotel in Dortmund in the early morning, singing loudly to interfere with the rest of Dortmund players. However, due to the story of the old policemen before, everyone thinks it is okay to just sing and interfere with it. It is better than throwing stones at your window glass? In many European cities, most hotels are not the skyscrapers in China, but the old buildings on the street with low floors, and often the fifth and sixth floors are on the sky. So if there are really extreme fans who want to throw stones, they can completely hit the glass window...

The situation was not as serious as everyone thought, and no accidents occurred. When the bus that Dortmund players were riding on went to the stadium to adapt to the venue, they were not smashed stones or thrown eggs.

Two hours before the start of the game, the Dortmund players all boarded the bus together.

The bus drove out of the hotel and headed towards the St. Paul Stadium.

Along the way, Dortmund players will see Naples fans gathered. When they meet Dortmund buses, they will salute Dortmund's buses on the side of the road, but it is different from when they first arrived in Naples. This time, the fierce expression is not very common and the middle finger is rarely seen.

It seems that there is no difference from what they see when they go to any away game.

The atmosphere in the bus became relaxed, and the teammates even joked with each other.
To be continued...
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