Lazio Fans Riot

BrianCappellieri · Sep 1, 2002

SoccerAge

Irate Lazio Fans Riot At The Olimpico

You can't sell players like Alessandro Nesta and Hernan Crespo and be thanked by the tifosi: some Lazio fans rioted at the Olimpico Stadium in Rome before the friendly match with Juventus.
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cachundo · Sep 1, 2002

Wow. Veron last season. this season, it's Crespo & nesta. No wonder they've gone ape.

Kambiz_BAHAL · Sep 1, 2002

um, Crespo, Mendieta and Nesta...

BrianCappellieri · Sep 1, 2002

I don't think Lazio fans were rioting over the sale of Mendieta...

SoccerNet

Ultras rampage as Nesta, Crespo exit

Hard-core fans of Serie A side Lazio, angry over the sale of two of the club's best players, wreaked havoc late on Saturday night wrecking offices and burning cars around Rome's main stadium.

Some 300 fans left the Olympic stadium at the start of a friendly match between Lazio and Juventus and broke into some of the nearby national sports associations' offices smashing computers, photocopiers and desks before setting fire to papers.

On the way to the offices they burnt five cars, three kiosks and knifed two Juventus supporters in their buttocks...
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Spartak · Sep 1, 2002

I think they rioted when Nedved left Lazio for Juve last year too.