Two fans of Liverpool, who arrived in Rome for the return match of the Champions League semi-final against the local "Roma", were attacked by unknown persons in the Italian capital, while the attackers used armature, reports Liverpool Echo.

As noted, the attack was told by one of the injured 27-year-old Karl Johnson. According to him, the incident occurred on the evening of Tuesday, May 1. Carl, along with his friend, 29-year-old Peter Saunders, was returning from one of the pubs to the hotel when two hoodlums attacked them on the street.

"We left the pub about half past eleven in the evening. In the street there were not so many fans of "Liverpool", and we went to the hotel together. We moved away from the bar only a hundred yards, when suddenly out of nowhere appeared two scooters. Two people sitting behind, jumped off the scooters and attacked us. One of them had an iron rod in his hands.

We tried to fight back, but then the drivers got off and we ran away, "Johnson said..

It is noted that Johnson got off with minor bruises, but told the publication about what had happened to warn other Mersisidean fans to be more careful.

Meeting "Roma" - "Liverpool" will be held in Rome at the "Stadio Olimpico" on Wednesday, May 2, and will begin at 21:45. In the first match, held in Liverpool on April 24, the English team won with a score of 5: 2.