On Tuesday evening, FC Bayern have to get a win at home against Lazio in order to advance in the Champions League. There were unpleasant scenes from guest fans beforehand.
According to a media report, before FC Bayern’s Champions League game against Lazio Rome (from 9 p.m. in the t-online live ticker), there was an incident in Munich with visiting fans who were said to have started singing fascist chants. The Italian newspaper “La Repubblica” published a cell phone video from the Hofbräuhaus on Tuesday in which Lazio football supporters sing a song, at the end of which they shout “Duce, Duce, Duce” (Leader) – referring to Italy’s fascist dictator Benito Mussolini (1883-1945).
The video also shows how some fans in the well-known inn show the so-called “Roman salute” with an outstretched arm, which is popular with fascists – in Germany comparable to the Hitler salute. In response to a dpa request, the Munich police confirmed that there was an operation at the Hofbräuhaus on Monday evening and that investigations were underway. Details were not initially known.
As can be seen on the cell phone video, the fans sang about, among other things, the “Black Shirts”, the paramilitary militias of Mussolini’s fascists. According to “Repubblica” there were almost 100 Roman fans in the inn. Lazio supporters repeatedly attract attention through fascist scandals.