The downside to watching your team enjoy a famous win over Lazio in Rome is the aftermath.
Many Lazio fans don’t need much of an excuse to reach for a blade but the sight of 10,000 opposing fans celebrating a last gasp winner in their own stadium wasn’t treated with a shrug of the shoulders by the home support.
Almost every detail of the trip had been planned in advance but in darkness the journey from the stadium back to the city centre was always going to be a concern.
JP, our shuttle bus broke down 1km from the stadium. Driver chucked us out, meaning we had to walk through the Lazio neighbourhood. After this video, about 20 Lazio fans sprinted from the dark and ambushed the group at the river. Got away safe, not sure about others @CelticFCSLO pic.twitter.com/QXYXWzEYOe
— Michael McFarlane (@Mikey_McFarlane) November 7, 2019
No serious injures have been reported overnight but outwith the stadium Celtic fans had to tread with care with the home fans deeply unhappy about their side’s defeat.
Lazio now require a favour from Celtic to advance in the competition, on matchday six it will require a win for Neil Lennon’s side in Romania to put the Italian’s through- assuming that Lazio win their remaining matches against Cluj and away to Rennes.