ROME: Three Real Sociedad fans were stabbed in central Rome during clashes with Lazio supporters on the eve of tomorrow’s Europa League match between the two teams, police said.
About 70 Spanish supporters were attacked by about 80 Lazio supporters in Via Leonina, near the Colosseum, at about 11pm yesterday, a Rome police spokesman said.
They used blunt objects and knives, police said, releasing a picture of weapons presumed to have been used in the attack, including a hammer, sticks and batons, wrenches and a chain.
The attackers fled as the police arrived, the spokesman said.