Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 10:05 am• Mart Oude Nijeweeme • Last update: 10:17

On Wednesday evening, a confrontation came to be in Rome between the hard core of AS Roma and supporters of Vitesse, writes the Gelderlander† The supporters of the Arnhem club were present in the Shamrock Pub, a cafe near the Colosseum, when they were attacked by the Italian tifosi. According to the newspaper, the confrontation took place around 10:30 p.m. No one was injured and four tifosi were arrested.

About 750 Arnhem fans traveled to Rome for the return in the eighth finals of the Conference League. Some of them gathered in the Shamrock Pub on Wednesday evening, when they were attacked there by the hard core of AS Roma. Italian media write that about twenty Vitesse fans were present in the pub. Some of the supporters will only fly to Italy on Thursday. It is not the first time that things go wrong for Vitesse in a European away game. It was also restless against Tottenham Hotspur and Stade Rennes.

Italy 16.03.2022 UECL: The night before the AS Roma – Vitesse game, AS Roma ultras attacked a pub with Dutch fans in Rome. pic.twitter.com/J30frPuiYC

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There were fights with Vitesse supporters in both London and France. In addition to a damage amount of 115,000 euros in fines from UEFA, the club was also subject to a ban. Fans of the Arnhem club were not welcome in Vienna, where Vitesse faced Rapid Wien in the intermediate round. In recent weeks, fans of the Arnhem team have also been hit in the Eredivisie. It went wrong against both FC Utrecht and Sparta Rotterdam and the match had to be stopped.

Images circulating on the internet show the tifosi standing in the doorway of the pub, throwing chairs and glassware. It is feared that there will be another confrontation on Thursday evening. Fans of AS Roma have still not forgotten that their city center was renovated in 2015 by supporters of Feyenoord. The damage caused by Feyenoord supporters at the time was estimated at more than eight million euros, according to Italian calculations. UEFA has tightened security measures surrounding Thursday evening’s game.