Lazio release statement regarding Europa League clash with Celtic

Lazio have released an official club statement regarding their fans who are travelling to Glasgow for their clash against Celtic on Thursday evening.

Lazio have been under major scrutiny from UEFA over their racist chants towards Rennes players in their tie at the beginning of the month.

This has led the Italian club to be very cautious about their travelling away fans when they visit Glasgow on Thursday and the club have urged them to stay out of trouble and to be divided off from sections of the Celtic support.

The statement,  which has been translated into English from google translate, said:

There are fears between the Biancocelesti and the Scottish ultras for the match with Celtic in the Europa League on Thursday evening. Although there are no precedents for the two clubs, the latest events are concerning from certain fringes of the two supports which have triggered maximum attention from UEFA.

For security reasons, it is necessary to concentrate the entire Lazio supporters at the meeting point organised in Merchant Square in the Merchant City area of Glasgow.

It continued,

The civic sense of the fans is appealed to avoid behaviours that can generate reactions from local authorities.

There is clearly violence anticipated from the two sides of support on the night of the match which is becoming a worry for both Lazio and Celtic. However, the police will be on duty for the game and will be escorting the Italian fans to the stadium to make sure that there is no trouble arising on the way to the stadium.

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For everyone’s sake, let’s hope that there is no violence on display inside and outside the stadium.

Both teams are already in UEFA’s bad books and another incident would only make things worse for both clubs.

It is expected to be a very entertaining match, so let’s sit back and enjoy what happens on the pitch.