Lazio has declared that some of its supporters who made fascist salutes against AS Roma on Sunday have been permanently barred.
Several Lazio supporters were observed giving fascist salutes and chanting anti-semitic phrases during the game, which Lazio won courtesy to a single Mattia Zaccagni goal.
In viral video, a fan was also seen sporting a Lazio shirt with the words “Hitlerson” and the number 88 on the back.
Lazio claimed in a statement issued on March 22 that they had been working with law enforcement and had been able to identify those responsible. Three supporters received lifetime bans as a result.
The statement read; “In the course of Sunday’s match, Lazio v Roma, and in the days immediately following, three people were identified who were the protagonists of behaviour that had nothing to do with supporting and which manifested forms of discrimination and anti-Semitism.
“Thanks to the collaboration between Società Sportiva Lazio, its own security service, stewards and the police, also through the use of the surveillance cameras at the Stadio Olimpico, it was possible to quickly identify a person wearing the shirt with the number 88 bearing the inscription “Hitlerson” and two others who ostentatiously made the gesture of the Roman salute”.
It is not the first time anti-semitism has dominated the Rome derby, with references to Jewish prisoner of war Anne Frank often abhorrently referenced by Lazio supporters to their Roma neighbours.