Pitched battle between the Lazio and Real Sociedad ultras in the streets of Rome with several injured by stabbing

Hundreds of ‘ultra’ followers of Real Sociedad and Lazio, two teams that will be measured in the Europa Leaguetook part in a massive fight in the streets of Rome, with flares, sticks, sharp objects and chairs as attack objects.

Those known as ‘Ultras Lazio’, belonging to the so-called ‘Curva Nord’, and the ‘RS Firm’, from Real Sociedad, met in the streets of the Italian capital and staged a massive fight that lasted several minutes.

In the images, which immediately went viral on social networks, you can see how chairs flew among the crowd and flares were thrown from one side to the other constantly until, after several minutes of fighting, the ‘RS Firm’ They leave the place pursued by the ‘Ultras Lazio’, who even attacked some straggling Basque fans.

Some information even suggests that there have been several stabbings on the Real Sociedad side in this dispute between radical followers.

The match between Lazio and Real Sociedad takes place this Thursday at 9:00 p.m. and corresponds to matchday 7 of the group stage of the Europa League. The San Sebastian team, twelfth in the standings, seeks victory to get among the eight best teams in the competition.

The Italians, for their part, are the leaders of this new qualification format and have almost assured their direct passage to the round of 16.

In September, ‘ultra’ fans of the Rome, the other team in the city, assaulted several fans of the Athletic Club who also traveled for a Europa League match.