Chelsea fan breaks silence after 'terrifying' screwdriver attack ahead of Napoli Champions League clash

According to witnesses, the attack occurred while the supporters were making their way to a nearby pub in the Italian city.

One of the victims has claimed his companion was stabbed following a pursuit by approximately 25 Napoli ultras through the city streets, desribing the incident as "terrifying".

Aadam, 23, said: "A group of seven of us who had just had pizza in a restaurant went to the Kitebeer pub and had two drinks."

"None of us were in Chelsea colours, nothing blue, or singing any songs. We decided to go to another pub where a few of our other friends were about a 10-minute walk away.

"Everything was good-natured, we weren’t being loud or talking about Chelsea. Unfortunately, we turned down a side street on the way to the pub and there was a group of about 30 ultras.

"They weren’t wearing Napoli shirts and about half of them had their faces covered. Straight away they started shouting ‘where are you from?’ and everyone knew it was dangerous."

The Chelsea fan told the Telegraph: "The guys at the front started running and, unfortunately, they grabbed Marcus by his shoulder and started talking to him. He didn’t think anything was happening and then all of a sudden he’d been stabbed in the leg.

"It was with a screwdriver, rather than a knife, but it obviously caused him a lot of pain. Another one of our mates had his coat sliced. It was terrifying and you start to think the worst, that you’re all going to end up getting stabbed.

"We were probably running for about a mile and a half because some of them started chasing us and, fortunately, Marcus was able to run with his injury. We luckily ran into some police officers who were patrolling the corner of a street.

"The police took all of our information and called Marcus an ambulance, which came after about five minutes. I’m staying in the same hotel as Marcus, so I stayed at the hospital with him and we got out at about 4am."

Chelsea have been in touch with Aadam and Marcus, as the two fans debate wether to attend the game.

Aadam added: "We’re thinking about whether or not to go. We’ve both been shaken up by what happened and now we just don’t know how safe it will be.

"I’ve travelled with Chelsea in Europe before and never had anything like this, home or away, so we’ll see how we feel. We were due to stay in Naples until Saturday, but we’ll probably just get a train up to Rome tomorrow and spend the rest of our time there.

"This is our first time in Naples and it will probably be my last. It will make me think twice about which cities I go to for games in future.”

Chelsea released a statement confirming the club's awareness of the Tuesday evening incident.

It read: "The club is aware of an incident that took place on Tuesday evening in Naples.

"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.”

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