Napoli and Roma followers have been banned from travelling to away video games for 2 months after final weekend’s mass brawl which brought on chaos on a significant Italian motorway, Italy’s Interior Ministry mentioned on Saturday. Hardcore “ultra” supporters of each groups had been concerned in working battles on the A1 motorway on Sunday after they met on the Badia al Pino service station in Tuscany on their technique to matches at Sampdoria and AC Milan, creating queues of as much as 15 kilometres lengthy. Nicknamed the “sunshine motorway”, the A1 runs from Naples to Rome after which all the way in which to Milan in northern Italy and is one in every of Italy’s most vital roads.

In a press release, the ministry mentioned it had ordered “the closure for two months from today (Saturday) of away sections of stadiums where SSC Napoli and AS Roma play matches away from home”.

The ban additionally extends to the promoting of tickets within the residence sections of those self same stadiums “to people who live in the provinces of Naples and Rome”.

Serie A leaders Napoli host followers Roma within the league on January 29.

Fans of the 2 golf equipment who reside elsewhere within the nation haven’t been barred from shopping for tickets in residence sections, a typical prevalence at matches in Italy which not often results in hassle.

Earlier on Saturday, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi mentioned he was set to approve the ban, telling reporters he needed to “consider a general ban of the two sets of fans for public order reasons”.

Matches between Roma and Napoli are fiery affairs because of the rivalry between two of Italy’s largest and most passionate fan bases.

The antipathy was made outright toxic after the deadly capturing of Napoli fan Ciro Esposito by a Roma supporter close to the Stadio Olimpico earlier than the 2014 Italian Cup ultimate.

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