It took place yesterday, Tuesday at the Ministry of Citizen Protection the second big meeting, under the minister Michalis Chrysochoidis, to finalize the measures that will be taken for the final European Conference League between him Olympiakou and Fiorentina, which will be held on May 29 at the OPAP Arena in New Philadelphia.
Details were decided (times and meeting points, MMM routes) on how the fans will get to the stadium. They will be officially announced by ELAS by the end of the week at the latest.
The measures decided are unprecedented for a football match, with a large mobilization of forces. According to information from police sources there will be at least 5 control zones, which will start in a large radius around the stadium, where from the very first zone tickets will be checked and scanned.
In fact, in the last control zone, about 70 meters from the field, it will be built by a private company metal fence around the fieldwhere the final check will take place.
Only in control zones more than 3,000 thousand policemen will attempt. They do not count the officers of the Anti-Terrorism, the State Service and other special services as well as police officers who will be allocated for the special measures for the officials.
Police are expected to appeal to fans to stay away to go to the stadium in carsas several roads will be closed and there is a risk of a serious traffic problem.
Olympiakos fans will leave for the final stadium from the Electric station in Faliro to go to Pefkakia station. These special trains will not stop at other stations.
The organized Italian fans they are expected to gather at OAKA and from there with a strong police escort they will go to OPAP ARENA. Individual Italian fans will be informed by the police liaison of the Italian embassy in Athens on how to proceed.
ELAS is expected to ask the STASY administration to extend operating hours of the Metro and Electric in order to allow the fans to leave the stadium.
Special measures will be put in place for the movement of VIPs (UEFA officials, official guests, politicians) to and from the stadium.
Source: RES-MPE
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