De Laurentiis met with the ultras and called for unity in Naples

The president of Napoli Aurelio DeLaurentiis, met this Saturday with representatives of the ultras, which They criticize him for managing the club which they consider to be too mercantilist, to calm the atmosphere three days before the decisive second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals against Milan at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium. On Wednesday, the ‘rossoneri’ won the first match 1-0.

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“We are Napoli. The president and the fans are united to win,” he wrote to De Laurentiis, club owner and president since 2004, on Twitter with a picture of it meeting was arranged before this afternoon’s game against Verona (0-0).

The ‘tifosi’ invited to this meeting were representatives of the various ultras groups of the Diego Maradona stadium. “At a time like this we must be united. Unity is fundamental on the part of all the components”, he explained to DAZN Christian Giuntoli, sports director of a Naples that, in addition to playing a pass in the semifinals of the Champions League for the first time since 2010, is about to conquer the ‘scudetto’ after 33 years of waiting.

The events of April 2

On April 2, fans demonstrated in front of the Diego Maradona stadium before the lost league game against Milan (0-4) to protest against the price of Champions League tickets and the restrictions on banners. During the match, a section of fans stopped cheering and there were several incidents in the stands between Napoli supporters.

An “absurd” attitude, according to the coach Luciano Spalletti, who on Wednesday, after the Milan-Naples Champions League, threatened to resign if the fans continued to “hold the team hostage” in the second leg on Tuesday.