{"id":7893,"date":"2026-01-28T06:37:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T01:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/28\/two-fans-in-hospital-as-chelsea-urge-caution-after-naples-incident\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T06:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T01:07:19","slug":"two-fans-in-hospital-as-chelsea-urge-caution-after-naples-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/28\/two-fans-in-hospital-as-chelsea-urge-caution-after-naples-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Two fans in hospital as Chelsea urge caution after Naples &#8216;incident&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Published1 hour ago<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/chelsea\">Chelsea<\/a> have urged fans travelling to Naples for Wednesday&#x27;s Champions League game to &quot;exercise extreme caution&quot; after two supporters needed hospital treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian city has a long history of cases of away supporters being targeted by Napoli ultras.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The club is aware of an incident that took place on Tuesday evening in Naples,&quot; a <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/chelsea\">Chelsea<\/a> statement said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Two fans are being treated in hospital, having sustained non-life-threatening injuries. The club would like to remind all supporters to exercise extreme caution whilst in the city and take note of the advice shared ahead of this fixture.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Fans on social media claimed <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/chelsea\">Chelsea<\/a> supporters had been stabbed, but there has been no official confirmation of how the injuries were caused.<\/p>\n<p>Around 2,500 <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/chelsea\">Chelsea<\/a> supporters have tickets for the game, with fans urged to meet at designated areas so they can travel to the ground by shuttle bus under police escort.<\/p>\n<p>In travel advice that was issued to fans earlier this month, <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/chelsea\">Chelsea<\/a> said: &quot;During Uefa competition matches, attacks on away fans have sometimes occurred in Naples.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Supporters have been urged not to walk around the city and to avoid wearing club colours or emblems that identify them as <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/chelsea\">Chelsea<\/a> fans.<\/p>\n<p>Liam Rosenior&#x27;s side need a win against Napoli at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona to go directly into the last-16 stage of the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Their hosts &#8211; Serie A champions last season &#8211; are seeking a win to stay in the competition.<\/p>\n<h2>Related topics<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/chelsea\">Chelsea<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/football\/premier-league\">Premier League<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/football\">Football<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>More on this story<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/chelsea\">\n<p>Latest Chelsea news, analysis and fan views<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/send\/u211221788\">\n<p>Ask about Chelsea &#8211; what do you want to know?<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea urge fan caution in Naples after &#x27;incident&#x27;Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Napoli&#x27;s home fixtures are some of the most highly policed in EuropePublished1 hour agoChelse&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-decor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}