Napoli fans 'robbed' at Besiktas game

By Football Italia staff

Napoli fans claim they were robbed by Turkish police who then ignored them getting attacked during the trip to Besiktas.

The Champions League match ended 1-1 in Istanbul on Tuesday evening and there was film of clashes in the train station before the game.

At least one Napoli supporter was stabbed in the buttocks, while several others were arrested.

Newspaper Il Mattino claims the Turkish police were effectively taking part in the victimisation of travelling fans.

“From the moment we arrived in the airport, we noticed the hostility of the police,” 26-year-old Gennaro told the paper.

“The incidents followed in the centre of Istanbul and outside the stadium, where some of us where stopped without reason, held and subjected to genuine interrogations, as if we were terrorists.”

Another supporter, Paolo, notes “the station was full of police, both plain clothes and in uniform, but when our friend was attacked nobody intervened.”

An even more disturbing incident allegedly occurred inside the stadium, according to Rino and Giovanni.

“As we entered the stadium there was a security inspection and we were forced to empty our pockets into a transparent plastic box, including coins and even cigarettes and lighters.

“They then made us remove our belts and put those into the box too. We were told we’d have them back as we exited the stadium.

“Once in the stands, we saw the same policemen smoking our cigarettes and mocking us. At the end of the match, the box with our belongings in had disappeared.”

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