Ciro Immobile, captain of Lazio, is the focus of much of the criticism after the resignation of Maurizio Sarri, as a possible culprit for the coach's departure, and during this week he has suffered three verbal attacks on the streets of Rome with his family.
"This morning, Friday, March 15, Ciro Immobile, his wife Jessica and their son Mattia, 4 years old, were verbally and physically attacked by a group of people in front of their son's school," announced this Friday the forward communication equipment.
"All, unfortunately, after the incitement to hatred mounted and supported by some media outlets and journalists through their social channels, who spread words of hate against Ciro Immobile, also reporting reconstructions that were not related to reality," he adds. the notice.
Although he is an icon and a reference for the Lazial fans, the top scorer in the club's history and always well received at the Olympic Stadium, these are tense days for Immobile after the departure of Sarri and the rumors in the Italian press that the forward could be one of those responsible for the Tuscan coach's decision.
Rumors aggravated by the recent accusations of the club's president, Claudio Lotito, who this Thursday pointed out the squad as the culprit for the resignation of the Tuscan coach.
"Sarri felt a little betrayed by the behavior of some," Lotito said in an interview on the main news program on Italian public television RAI.
"There is something strange within the group: a team that beats Bayern Munich and loses against Udinese, and not only against Udinese... Ask yourself a question and give yourself an answer," he added.
The statements were interpreted by the fans and some media as a direct accusation of the veterans in the locker room, led by Immobile.
"The player has instructed his lawyers to take criminal action today against those responsible for such defamation. These statements are seriously defamatory and, therefore, damaging to the professional and personal image of the athlete, and will be brought to the attention of the authorities. "Incitement to hatred, especially gratuitously, is a crime that must be punished," highlighted the Immobile press team.
It is not the first attack that the forward has suffered in the last week, as revealed today by the Italian media.
Last Wednesday, just one day after Sarri resigned, a man got out of his car to insult the Lazio legend while he was in the car with his son Mattia, just 4 years old, while on Thursday the same thing happened to him. himself to his wife Jessica, in this case accompanied by her two young daughters and without the player being present.
