Serie A 2024-25: Car goes up in flames outside stadium before Roma beats Lazio to clinch derby bragging rights
Serie A 2024-25: Car goes up in flames outside stadium before Roma beats Lazio to clinch derby bragging rights
Tensions reached a fiery point between the fans before Ranieri extended his perfect record in the capital derby as Roma beat Lazio 2-0 in Serie A on Sunday to give the Giallorossi a much-needed boost in what has been a difficult season.
A car went up in flames outside the Stadio Olimpico about an hour before the Rome derby after being struck by fireworks as rival fans attempted to approach each other.
Police intervened immediately and there were no reports of injuries.
Hundreds of Roma and Lazio supporters were kept apart by authorities.
It’s the first time in six years that the Rome derby was being played at night. The game had been played earlier in the day recently for security concerns.
Roma captain Lorenzo Pellegrini scored the opener with a curling shot from the edge of the area and Alexis Saelemaekers finished off a counterattack to give Roma a two-goal advantage after 18 minutes.
