Fascism, with its nationalistic repercussions, often uses populism as a means to appeal to the masses. Whilst Mussolini predominantly utilised the Italian national team in order to link sporting success to his regime — it is a widely-held belief that he had a personal soft spot for SS Lazio, and the feeling is mutual. In , in a game between Lazio and Padova, the fan culture and future of the former would be changed forever. During the s, the Irriducibili became especially notorious in the world of football.
A common theme amongst acts of hooliganism and intolerance from football fans, both individually and as a group, is the seemingly spontaneous nature of the acts themselves. In the case of the Irriducibili , this could not be further from the truth.
These are not acts that can be explained away, as is often the case in English football, by contending that they were acts of the idiocy of individuals. These acts are deliberate. These acts were diabolical. The overwhelming majority of these acts from the Irriducibili have been directed at Roma fans. The clubs have always shared an intense rivalry, encapsulated whenever the time comes for another edition of the Derby della Capitale.
The rivalry is not simply a sporting rivalry. As a result, the majority of incidents directed toward the fanbase by Lazio ultras tend to revolve around anti-Semitic rhetoric, prejudice, and iconography. Two major incidents during games between the two sides occurred in the late 90s and early s. This incident requires no explanation.
It was nothing other than a disgusting act fuelled by anti-Semitic hatred. Arkan, through his paramilitary group the Tigers, advocated ethnic cleansing. Unfortunately, the issue remains today. All of these are still commonplace. To contextualise this, Huddersfield were fined more for a Paddy Power-related pre-season kit stunt.
More recently, in , a day before the Italian celebration of Liberation Day, Lazio fans performed Nazi salutes and proudly displayed a banner honouring Mussolini himself.
Fascist paraphernalia rapidly became commonplace. Piscitelli was a powerful man, with links and connections to other dangerous people, including but not restricted to Italian organized crime syndicate the Camorra. Six months later, on the 27th February , the Irriducibili disbanded. Di Canio had played for Sheffield Wednesday, West Ham and Charlton prior to this appointment, but his stints at these clubs predate the allegiance to Fascism he would affirm in his second spell at Lazio.
This, however, is not always what leads to club-adopted far-right extremist views that embed themselves within the fan culture connected to a club. Other cases involve the very conception of the football club arising in highly politically charged locations, or the agendas and intentions of those who founded the club originally. For such clubs, the embrace of racist, far-right beliefs is seen to be synonymous with the preservation of club-specific tradition.
Something necessary to maintain the heart of the club. Zenit St. Petersburg at the Ulker stadium, in Istanbul, on February 12, In this sense, as is often the case with racial discrimination, the prejudice hides under the mask of patriotism, of identity.
This, of course, received global backlash. I was just taught in school: blacks should live in Africa, Indians — if there are any left — in America, Chinese — in Asia. And then they can all visit each other… but only to visit, not to stay and bring their habits and laws with them. The Fascist regime was prone to directly controlling the administrative bodies of even the smallest elements of Italian society, and football was certainly not immune from this tendency.
The overwhelming success of the Italian national team during the s was overseen by a man by the name of Vittorio Pozzo. His unprecedented success during his time in charge of the national team from until [14] —of eighty eight matches played the Italians won sixty, drew sixteen, and lost only eleven [15] —could be, and often was, viewed as not just a success for Italy, but for the Fascist Regime itself.
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