Lazio supporters are boycotting home matches in protest against club president Claudio Lotito, leaving the Stadio Olimpico nearly empty. The boycott has been ongoing for over a month and is planned to continue for the rest of the season. The recent rounds have looked almost as empty as during the pandemic, with the team's supporters choosing to boycott home matches.
The last four home matches have been boycotted to a high extent, and the recent matches have been played in front of nearly empty stands. In the latest round against Sassuolo, there were only 5,000 people present at the giant arena, according to Football Italia. Some matches have had as few as 3,400 spectators, according to BBC.
As soon as the season is over we will have some meetings, then I can say more. The team must live up to the historical standard again.
Lazio's home arena, Stadio Olimpico, holds up to 70,000 spectators, while the team usually averages just over 44,000 per match. Lazio averaged 44,000 spectators per match last year. The team's ultras groups have chosen to sit outside the arena walls in protest.
The plan is to continue this for the rest of the season. Claudio Lotito is at loggerheads with the fans who, for over a month, have been deserting the stadium. Lazio's club president, Claudio Lotito, is under pressure.
If I only stayed for the fans then I don't know why I'm still here, because the fans aren't here either.
Lotito has made enemies with the team's supporters who believe he puts his own interests ahead of the club's. Some phone calls have become public and viral in which the patron, speaking with a fan, would have indulged in unflattering judgments about coach Maurizio Sarri. The coach has previously said that he is only staying in the club because he promised the supporters that.
' He added, 'As soon as the season is over we will have some meetings, then I can say more. ' Claudio Lotito declared, 'The company has a first and last name: Claudio Lotito. ' The fans promise to vote No in the referendum on justice just to get him out, as the president is also a senator for Forza Italia.