{"id":425027,"date":"2017-10-04T10:30:31","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T10:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/04\/lazio-handed-stadium-ban-for-racist-chants-aimed-at-ghanaian-duo\/"},"modified":"2017-10-04T10:30:31","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T10:30:31","slug":"lazio-handed-stadium-ban-for-racist-chants-aimed-at-ghanaian-duo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/04\/lazio-handed-stadium-ban-for-racist-chants-aimed-at-ghanaian-duo\/","title":{"rendered":"Lazio handed stadium ban for racist chants aimed at Ghanaian duo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Wednesday,  4 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>footballmadeinghana.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-10-04<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/16013300.295.jpg\" alt=\"Alfred Duncan 4\" title=\"Alfred Duncan 4\" width=\"295\" height=\"216\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Alfred Duncan<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1507113031_52_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> A section of the home stadium of Italian giants Lazio has been closed down to the fans as punishments for their racist chants against Ghanaian duo Alfred Duncan and Claude Adjapong.<\/p>\n<p>The two Ghanaians were subjected to racist chants from the Lazio fans in their 6-1 demolition of Sassuolo over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Both Duncan and Adjapong featured for Sassuolo and had to endure the racist chants from the Lazio supporters despite several warnings from the stadium announcer.<\/p>\n<p>The league\u2019s disciplinary panel has moved quickly in taking action against Lazio with a section of their stadium closed down for their next two Serie-A home matches.<\/p>\n<p>This mean\u2019s Lazio\u2019s Curda Nord will be closed down for matches against Cagliari and Udinese on October 22 and November 5 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The punishment is however widely considered to be mild as harsher sentences have been passed against the same club for similar offences in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Lazio have had their entire stadium banned from their fans and have received hefty fines for racist chants against opposition teams.<\/p>\n<p>They were last week forced to play their Europa League match against Zulte Waregem behind closed doors due to punishment from UEFA for a racist chant against a Sparta Prague player two seasons ago.<\/p>\n<p>Alfred Duncan is a full Ghana international while Claude Adjapong who was born in Italy to Ghanaian parents has featured for the Italy\u2019s U19 side.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 56 updated by: 56 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Wednesday, 4 October 2017 Source: footballmadeinghana.com 2017-10-04 Alfred Duncan &#13; A section of the home stadium of Italian giants Lazio has been closed down to the fans as punishments for their racist chants against Ghanaian duo Alfred Duncan and Claude Adjapong. 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