Lazio's Empty Curves: a Boycott the Foreign Press Is Counting

Lazio's supporters are boycotting the Stadio Olimpico in a campaign against the club's owner, Claudio Lotito, the Guardian's Nicky Bandini reported this week, describing a revolt that runs in parallel with an impressive start to the season under Gennaro Gattuso. The piece is built on the contrast between results on the pitch and the stands left empty in protest.

Bandini's report treats the boycott as organised and sustained rather than a single afternoon's protest, and frames it as a war waged by the support against the ownership. The wire carries the substance of the dispute and the identity of the parties; it does not carry a resolution, and no settlement is reported.