Fascist-inspired choirs, exaltation of the Duce and Roman greetings. Dozens of Lazio supporters, who arrived in Munich to support the Biancoceleste team which is playing in the Champions League round of 16 second leg against Bayern Munich on Tuesday March 5, met in the historic Hofbräuhaus brewery in the German city . Adolf Hitler would come here and hold some of his very first political rallies. Between the mugs of beer and the stadium songs, including the Lazio anthem, some supporters started singing I do not carea chorus of clearly fascist and violent inspiration: “We are not interested in prison, the black shirt will triumph. If he does not triumph, it will be a massacre with batons and hand grenades.“. Everyone stood up and sang, at the end of the verses the fans shouted and repeated “Duce, duce” several times, accompanied by Roman greetings. The videos circulated on the Internet and the first reactions arrived from Italy. “The images of Lazio fans who, in Monaco to attend the Champions League match, cheering the Duce and greeting the Romans are a shame. They are mud for the team, for all the supporters and for the city of Rome”, declared the councilor for sports of the Roman capital Alessandro Onorato, “without ifs or buts, I strongly condemn and express my contempt for which can be seen in the video which, unfortunately, is currently going around the world. This does not represent us, but it is also the signal of an alarm bell, an alarm bell, another, which must force all politics to assume its responsibilities regarding the attitude of unequivocal condemnation which is due to the darkest and most dramatic period in our country's history. country. Any attempt at minimization or ambiguity fuels the belief among some that positions other than anti-fascism are possible in Italy. It's not like that. Anti-fascism is the essential condition for being Italian. Anyone who does not recognize himself must be marginalized.”
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