Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi on
Monday visited Aushwitz with Italian Footballers' Association
(AIC) chief Damiano Tommasi and AIC junior section chief Simone
Perrotta just over a week after Lazio fans put up stickers of
Anne Frank in the jersey of city rivals Roma in an anti-semitic
insult.
Tommasi and Perrotta, two former Roma players were invited by
Raggi expressly after the Lazio ultra's slur.
Tommasi called the episode "superficial and sad" while
Perrotta said "they're not fans but people who have nothing to
with the football world".
He said "one of the great teachings of the football world is
to have respect for others".
Also on the visit with Raggi were 100 Roman students and
representatives of Rome's Jewish community on the annual Journey
of Memory.
Lazio Chairman Claudio Lotito has said he will take fans to
Auschwitz every year because of the Anne Frank slur.
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