Lazio: Serie A club say media should not label all fans of racism and fascism

Published on: 25 April 2019

Lazio celebrated after their 1-0 win at the San Siro

Lazio have accused the media of a "simplistic tendency" to blame all of the club's fans for instances of racism and fascism following incidents in their 1-0 Coppa Italia win at AC Milan.

Some Lazio fans held a banner honouring former fascist leader Benito Mussolini near the city's Piazza Loreto.

There was also racist abuse aimed at Milan's Tiemoue Bakayoko and Franck Kessie at the San Siro.

Lazio said they distanced themselves from "behaviour and demonstrations".

The club added in a statement: "Lazio reject and contest the simplistic tendency of the media to consider the entire Lazio fanbase responsible for the actions of a few isolated elements, for motivation that has nothing to do with passion for sport.

"The club has always fought for the respect of law and fairness in behaviour."

The Serie A game between Milan and Lazio at the San Siro earlier this month finished with the home side winning 1-0, with both Bakayoko and Kessie holding up Lazio defender Francesco Acerbi's shirt like a trophy after the final whistle.

They were fined a total of 86,000 euros (£74,350) for the incident.

Earlier this month, Juventus teenager Moise Kean was racially abused in a game at Cagliari, with his team-mate Leonardo Bonucci widely condemned for then saying it was partly the striker's fault.

    Line-ups Match Stats

Line-ups

AC Milan

    25Reina

    22MusacchioBooked at 70mins

    33CaldaraSubstituted forCutroneat 65'minutes

    13Romagnoli

    2CalabriaSubstituted forContiat 40'minutes

    79Kessié

    14BakayokoBooked at 79mins

    93Laxalt

    8Fernández Saez

    7Castillejo AzuagaSubstituted forCalhanogluat 57'minutes

    19Piatek

Substitutes

    10Calhanoglu

    11Borini

    12Conti

    16Bertolacci

    17Zapata

    20Abate

    21Biglia

    39Tolentino Coelho de Lima

    63Cutrone

    68Rodríguez

    90Donnarumma

    99Donnarumma

Lazio

    1Strakosha

    3Ramos MarchiBooked at 37mins

    33Acerbi

    15Jacinto Quissanga

    27Orestes Caldeira

    21Milinkovic-SavicSubstituted forParoloat 15'minutes

    6Leiva

    10Romero AlconchelSubstituted forBadeljat 85'minutes

    19Lulic

    11CorreaSubstituted forCaicedoat 75'minutesBooked at 78mins

    17Immobile

Substitutes

    4Gabarrón Gil

    13Fortuna dos Santos

    14Durmisi

    16Parolo

    20Caicedo

    23Guerrieri

    24Proto

    25Badelj

    30Lomba Neto

    32Cataldi

    66Cavaco Jordao

    77Marusic

Referee:

Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni

Match Stats

Home TeamAC MilanAway TeamLazio

Possession

Home52%

Away48%

Shots

Home9

Away17

Shots on Target

Home2

Away10

Corners

Home7

Away5

Fouls

Home10

Away11

Source: bbc.com

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