Police out in force for Roma-Man United
First Published: Mar 31, 2008
Italian riot police truck in Rome. There will be a formidable police presence at the Champions League quarter-final, first leg match between AS Roma and Manchester United in Rome on Tuesday with 1,400 officers on duty.
There will be a formidable police presence at the Champions League quarter-final, first leg match between AS Roma and Manchester United in Rome on Tuesday with 1,400 officers on duty.
Trouble has flared between the two sets of fans during the last two encounters between the teams in the city, in April and December of last year.
Several United fans were stabbed by Roma ultras and the English club's supporters were also baton-charged by police both inside and outside the stadium.
They were in turn accused of trying to get into the ground with forged tickets, which further exacerbated problems between English fans and law enforcement officers.
Greater Manchester police have urged United's fans to use the official free buses laid on to take them to the stadium rather than making their own way there.
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