Liverpool will use Lazio’s training ground ahead of the Champions League semi-final with Roma, amid concerns their ‘ultras’ could unite, claims Il Tempo newspaper.
The first leg ended 5-2 at Anfield and the decider is on Wednesday evening at the Stadio Olimpico.
Jurgen Klopp’s men will use the Formello training ground to prepare for the match, loaned to them by Lazio President Claudio Lotito, confirming the bond between the two clubs.
Liverpool will use Lazio’s training ground ahead of the Champions League semi-final with Roma, amid concerns their ‘ultras’ could unite, claims Il Tempo newspaper.
The first leg ended 5-2 at Anfield and the decider is on Wednesday evening at the Stadio Olimpico.
Jurgen Klopp’s men will use the Formello training ground to prepare for the match, loaned to them by Lazio President Claudio Lotito, confirming the bond between the two clubs.
The two sets of supporters first became twinned in 1984, when Liverpool beat Roma in the European Cup Final at the Olimpico.
Lazio midfielder Lucas Leiva stoked the fire by admitting “Laziali don’t want to see their historic rivals in a Champions League Final, so obviously they are all cheering on Liverpool.”
The concern, according to Il Tempo newspaper, is that violent fringes of the Lazio ultras movement will unite with Liverpool supporters and try to create clashes with Roma fans.
This would not be new behaviour, as in the past Lazio ultras have worked with violent visiting supporters from Poland, Croatia and the Czech Republic.
Il Tempo had a rather bizarre front page mock-up of The Beatles album cover for Help, wielding various weapons, with the unfortunate headline: ‘The Barbarians are coming.’
It confirms the media in Rome is focusing largely on the 'threat' of invading Liverpool 'hooligans' – a word used regularly in the coverage – despite the lack of violent incidents involving the Reds supporters this year.
