Lazio fans are furious that part of Curva Nord will be closed for the match with Celtic while the visitors are handed an allocation of 9,000 tickets.
UEFA made the announcement yesterday following racist actions during the Europa League home match against Rennes.
In Italy Ultra fan groups can exert a large influence over their directors but after the latest UEFA sanctions the Lazio fans have split their anger between their own board and UEFA.
The Sun reports:
Their spokesman Yuri Alviti said: “It’s a farcical sentence because UEFA punish the weakest teams in these situations. Our club just accept this and once again, Lazio fans are paying the consequences. Against Celtic, they will have 10,000 fans in our stadium. Our players need the contribution of the Curva Nord. So UEFA have given Celtic a massive advantage.
“We are amazed at this punishment but we see no point of further challenging this and inviting further punishment and we have decided there are other ways we can make our voices heard. So for our games against Atalanta and when we play Celtic in Rome, we invite every single Lazio fan to wear a scarf and wave a flag. Colouring the Stadio Olimpico in Lazio colours will be our response.”
There seemed to be a strong possibility of a total a total stadium closure for the November 7 meeting in the Italian capital. Part of the Stadio Olympico was closed for the Rennes match with the Serie A side having a long running racism problem that saw their ground closed for UEFA matches in 2012.
Celtic will take their biggest official support in a decade to Rome, against Barcelona and Bayern Munich they have had 10,000 fans in the stadium despite only being given official allocations of less than 5,000 tickets.
