rome lazio said they cannot accept a gratuitous insult to their entire fanbase after the french interior ministry banned the italian clubs travelling supporters from attending the europa league game against olympique marseille due to concerns over violence and fascist chantingthe two clubs meet in the french city on thursday two weeks after a 00 draw in rome that marseille fans were barred from travelling toon monday frances interior ministry banned any person claiming to be a supporter of lazio or behaving as such from travelling to the municipality of marseilleit cited violent behaviour of some fans in a recurrent way around the stadiums and in city centres as well as repeated interpretation of fascist chants and nazi salutes as its justificationlazio said in a statement that the decision for fans to be stopped from travelling was not a surprise after marseilles followers were not allowed to go to italy but responded strongly to the french ministrys commentswhat is astonishing is the method of application of the order on a national scale and its unjustifiable motivations read a note on the italian clubs websitelazio cannot accept a gratuitous insult to its entire fanbase and the club itself which has always fought against violence and every type of discrimination inside and outside the stadiuma section of lazio fans have previously been punished by european governing body uefa for fascist salutes and racist chants including after a europa league game against french side rennes in oct 2019there was violence in the marseille stadium during a game against turkish side galatasaray on sept 30 when play was stopped for around eight minutes after projectiles were thrown by both sets of fans and police were deployed to restore orderwe have seen that violence in stadiums is unfortunately a widespread and worrying phenomenon starting with what happened recently at marseilles stade velodrome lazios statement continuedwe expect a clarification from the french authorities and a clear stance from our own diplomatic service towards expressions that should outrage all italians regardless of which team they support