The Guardian:
Italy's foreign ministry has warned travelling Roma fans of the "possibility" of clashes between rival supporters in Manchester tonight and called for "correct and prudent behaviour".
There have been fears that Manchester United fans would exact revenge for attacks made on them by riot police and "Ultras" before and after the first-leg 2-1 defeat by Roma, though the Italian club said it felt that the violent scenes would not be repeated tonight.
It's right to appeal for calm," said club managing director Rosella Sensi, "but our fans know how to behave themselves at home and abroad."
Around 2,500 visiting fans will fly in on 12 charter flights from Rome, board 50 buses to Old Trafford and return directly after the match. However, another 1,500 fans are travelling independently and there have been reports that some of the club's "Ultras" have obtained tickets.
Three Italian police officials travelled with the team to liaise with Manchester police, who were refusing to comment. Achille Serra, the prefect of Rome, travelling as a fan, said: "At the game against Lyons, the Roma fans were an example of civilised behaviour and I believe they will behave the same way in Manchester."
The Independent Manchester United Supporters' Association urged fans to behave. "We all need to make sure that there are no headlines in Manchester to wipe out the memory of those made by the Italian police last week in Rome," it said in a statement. "The Roma fans at Old Trafford will be just like most of our fans who went to Rome last week and will be only there to watch the football."
A Roma fan, Lucian Manole, who had travelled to the UK to watch tonight's game with his father, said: "I think the Italian fans will behave themselves. I do not agree with the suggestion that the Italian police do not like football or the football fans." He and his father were having their photograph taken across the road from the statue of Sir Matt Busby.
A parking attendant at the ground said the scenes at last week's games were "disgusting". "If it had happened over the road, people living on Mars would have heard about it," he said. "There will be no extra security measures at the ground - we are used to big games round here." A colleague added
The Times:
Twenty planes carrying Roma supporters are scheduled to arrive in Manchester today, although a small contingent flew in yesterday, among them Achille Serra, Rome's chief of police, who outraged United by condoning the tactics of riot police in the Olympic Stadium and, it has now emerged, is a Roma supporter.
Similarly, the British Embassy in Madrid, in conjunction with the Metropolitan Police, have been liaising with the Spanish police on security arrangements after the clashes between Tottenham Hotspur fans and police in Seville during the first leg of the Uefa Cup quarter-final last week.
Neither Ferguson nor Mourinho are expecting any problems, however. "I don't anticipate any trouble," the United manager, whose side trail 2-1 from the first leg, said. "Security at Old Trafford is fantastic. I don't think the Roma fans will have any problems. There's never been any history of that. The policing is excellent, so Roma fans should not fear a thing."
More from Ferguson:
"We stayed in Italy and we missed the footage that was shown over here.
"But I have seen one or two photographs and they don't look very nice at all. Everyone was appalled at some of the pictures and Uefa will have to have a thorough investigation. It is the only way you can find these things out."
"I don't anticipate any problems. The security at Old Trafford is fantastic. Roma fans should not fear a thing."
The Telegraph:
The Rome prefect of police, Achille Serra, whose officers' handling of incidents inside the Olympic Stadium has been heavily criticised, boarded a charter plane full of Roma supporters bound for Manchester yesterday. There are likely to be 20 other aircraft, carrying some 3,800 fans to a game the Roma captain, Francesco Totti, said was "more important than the World Cup final".
While some eyebrows will be raised by a statement from Roma's chief executive, Rosella Sensi, that their fans should "repeat the civility and maturity they showed in the Olympic Stadium" when there were stabbings outside the ground and bottles flung from both sides inside it, Totti attempted to soothe the atmosphere surrounding the match.
"I want our fans to enjoy the experience of being here," said Totti, who has supported Roma since boyhood. "Being a football fan is about supporting your team and I would appeal to ours just to enjoy the performance we intend to put on.
"It is an important game. As a Roma fan, it is more important than the World Cup final. We are playing against a huge team with great qualities but we have beaten them once already and we have to show the same attitude as we did against Lyon in the last round.
"I had a good feeling before that match and I have a good feeling now."