The Czech embassy in Rome on
Friday condemned an incident before Thursday night's Europa
League tie between Sparta Prague and Lazio in which a fan
allegedly urinated on a female beggar on Ponte Sant' Angelo.
But it added: "at the moment we don't know if it was a
Sparta Prague supporter", since it said the images circulating
on the Internet were not clear.
"We await the report from the Italian police," the embassy
told ANSA.
A press office spokesman said "unfortunately these are
very unpleasant things which may happen and we are very sorry.
He said "99% of our fans are very serious people, they
came to Rome without wanting revenge...There was no reason to be
provocative".
The embassy said that certain fans behaved the same way
the world over.
During the away leg, in Prague, the game was suspended for
a minute after Lazio fans aimed racist boos at Sparta's black
player Costa.
Sparta Prague beta Lazio 4-1 on aggregate in the last 16
tie.
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