Lazio condemns anti-Semitic chants of groups of his ultras on Sunday during the derby against Roma (1-0 for ‘laziale’ in Serie A, denounced on Monday, with a photo and videos, by the Jewish community of the Italian capital.
The Biancoceleste club declared in a statement that it is always “at the forefront (…) to publicly condemn, prevent and unconditionally repress any discriminatory, racist or anti-Semitic demonstration or action.”
The head of the Jewish community of Rome, Ruth Dureghello, posted on Twitter on Monday videos of Lazio fans repeating anti-Semitic chants to get the attention of Roma fans and a photo of a man in the stands who wearing a squad ‘Hitlerson’ shirt with the number 88, used in the neo- Nazi movement means ‘Heil Hitler'”.
These complaints occur when it is already underway an investigation, by the Italian Federationabout alleged anti-Semitic slogans from Lazio fans during a match at Naples (1-0) on March 3.
The Serie A Disciplinary Committee has announced that the decision on the new phase of the Roman derby will be made no later than April 4, based on the ongoing investigation.
The “offensive choirs, also of a religious nature” They were launched “before and during the game by all the fans installed in the north corner”, bringing together the Lazio ultras at the Olimpico, according to the Italian League.
In January, this north curve is closed for one game after the racist shouts of these ultras during a trip to Lecce, directed at the players Samuel Umtiti and Lameck Banda.
In recent years, The Lazio ultras are selected regularly for their racist or anti-Semitic behavior. In 2017, they notably distinguished themselves by hijacking an image of Anne Frank, the German Jewish teenager who died in the Bergen Belsen concentration camp in Germany, which they showed wearing an AS Roma jersey.
“We have tried to avoid, isolate and counter these phenomena. We will continue to do so without hesitation, to defend the image of the club in Italy and abroadthat never had anything to do with it,” Lazio said in their statement.
Source: La Verdad
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