There is likely to be a significant security operation in place when Liverpool play Roma in Italy on Wednesday.
Italian authorities wish to avoid a repeat of the incidents at Anfield in which 53-year-old Liverpool fan Sean Cox was attacked and left in a serious condition.
And now it appears the capital is battening down its hatches with five thousand Liverpool fans expected to arrive in the city today and tomorrow morning before the second leg of their Champions League semi-final.
Police, fearing clashes tomorrow night similar to those before the game at Anfield will bus visiting fans to the stadium under supervision from a meeting point in the Villa Borghese park.