Rome — A group of Lazio fans began chanting antisemitic slogans during Sunday’s Serie A match against Lecce.
A group of the notoriously fascist ‘Ultras’ fans in the North End of the stadium starting chanting: “Giallorosso ebreo”, which means Jewish red-and-yellows.
Although Lecce play in red and yellow, it is believed to be an accusation against Lazio’s bitter city rivals Roma, who share the same nickname as Lecce.
The chants only came from the North End according to Ansa news agency and other fans around the largely empty ground didn’t join in.
Lazio fans have long been seen as fascist-leaning in Italy which has a sorry record on racism in football.
