Overview

• Police counted more than 5,000 protesters while organizers cited about 10,000, and the demonstration later turned violent with fireworks and thrown barriers.
• Officers deployed water cannon and tear gas as several police and two journalists were injured, including a RAI reporter struck by a stone, and arrests were reported.
• Authorities ringed the area with concrete barriers, helicopters and roughly 1,000 police, and only about 9,000 of 16,000 tickets were sold.
• Protest organizers urged FIFA to bar Israel from competitions, marching behind a banner reading “Show Israel the red card” and carrying a large Palestinian flag.
• On the field, Italy stayed second in Group I with goals from Mateo Retegui (penalty 45+2, 74) and Gianluca Mancini in stoppage time, as coach Gennaro Gattuso said the night was not easy.