The Ultras of Lazio Rome do not want to have women in the front rows of the Olympic stadium. According to Italian media were distributed in the stadium in the North curve, as a “sacred space” is referred to.
The infamous Ultras of Lazio Rome have not taken care of in the Italian soccer League with a sexist action again caused a stir: the followers of The capital club distributed leaflets, in which they called on women to stay in the Olympic stadium in the front rows of the Fanblocks.
“The Curva Nord represents for us a sacred space,” it said, and the first row symbolized the “trenches”. “In the trenches, we do not allow women, wives and Girlfriends, so we invite you to position yourself from the tenth row,” wrote the Fans.
Repeat offenders
The Association distanced itself from the action. “This is not the opinion of the club. We are against any discrimination,” a spokesman said. The start of the season Lazio with 1:2 lost against SSC Napoli.
The Lazio Fans had caused in the previous year, a scandal, as you aufklebten in Rome’s Olympic stadium photo montages with the face of the Holocaust, killed a Jew, Anne Frank in a Jersey of the hated city rivals AS Roma. The club was fined by the Italian football Association with a fine in the amount of 50,000 euros.
ck/jw (dpa, sid)