Miroslav Klose became a Lazio hero on Sunday with his late winner against Roma, but he also got a taste of the more unsavory fascist segment of Mussolini's favorite club.
From the AP:
An Associated Press photo showed Lazio supporters holding up a banner that said "Klose mit uns"?"Klose with us"?during Sunday's derby with Roma, with the S's written in old German script in the style of the SS.
The phrase is a takeoff on an old military slogan, "Gott mit uns"?"God with us"?that was also used by the Nazis.
The ANSA news agency reports Klose saying, "Football cannot be mixed with politics. Politics should remain outside the stadium."
In other words: "Please don't make Nazi-inspired signs about me."
Hopefully Lazio fans respect Klose's wishes and don't use the German striker (who was born in Poland) to push the Nazi theme any further. The chances of that happening seem pretty slim, though.
Photo: AP
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