Overview
- The match between Virtus Bologna and Maccabi Tel Aviv remains scheduled for Friday at PalaDozza after a decision by the Interior Ministry.
- Mayor Matteo Lepore says public-order conditions are inadequate and requests Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi move the game to another date and venue.
- Lepore warns of a likely turnout of 5,000 to 10,000 protesters and expects extraordinary police deployment across central Bologna.
- The mayor says the municipality may be charged nearly €200,000 for public-order measures, including disruptions to public works.
- Pro-Palestinian groups have called for visible demonstrations and boycotts, while their claim about Maccabi supporters being army reservists is reported as an allegation.