Spezia decided to change its logo.
Spezia Calcio supporters did not like the new logo. EPA / AOP
Spezia, which was relegated from Serie A at the end of last season, presented the new club logo on social media on Thursday.
With the relegation, Spezia wanted to start with a clean slate and replaced the hole with a new one. The logo features a white stylized eagle with the club name above it.
However, the new logo was not well received by fans. Many of them connected with fascism.
– Change the logo, it sucks, one Twitter user wrote.
– This Nazi thing makes you want to vomit, another said.
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Previously, the Italian government and the country’s football association jointly banned the use of the number 88. The number 88 has been considered a symbol of the neo-Nazis and has been taken for the Heil Hitler greeting used in Nazi Germany.
Some of Spezia’s supporters were joking Football Italia website according to this.
– Next season there will be only 88 fans in the stadium.
Spezia was relegated from the Italian Serie A at the end of last season. It lost the decisive match in terms of relegation to Hellas Verona by 1–3.
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