The fact that football ultras views their stadium block as a holy place is nothing new. Supporters of the Italian first division Lazio Rome took this point of view but now as an opportunity to block the first rows of the north curve for women.
Before the opening game in Serie A against Napoli (1: 2) circulated a flyer, which is attributed to the Lazio-Ultras. "The Curva Nord is a sacred place for us, a place where an unwritten code must be respected," says the paper signed with "Il Direttivo Diabolik Pluto".
Accordingly, in the first ten rows of this place one would not allow "women, wives and girlfriends". This invite you to look for a place from row ten. Those who see the stadium visit "as an alternative to a carefree and romantic day at Villa Borghese" should look for another place, it goes on. The club distanced itself from the action. "This is not the opinion of the club, we are against any discrimination," said a spokesman.
Lazio fans had caused a scandal in the previous year when they stuck in the Olympiastadion photomontages with the face of the Holocaust-killed Jewess Anne Frank in the jersey of city rivals AS Rome. The club was fined 50,000 euros by the Italian Football Federation for this.