Dispute between Roma and Lazio ultras over Michelangelo: Lazio take it to Curva Nord, Romanists claim supremacy

A dispute over the great Michelangelo Buonarroti inflames the fan world in Rome. It all began last Sunday, when Roma and Lazio faced each other at the Olimpico for the derby (which ended, for the record, in a tie, with a 1-1 result). Lazio’s ultras brought to the Curva Nord a choreography with an art-historical theme, reproducing the hands of Adam and God that Michelangelo frescoed on the vault of the Sistine Chapel, on a celestial background: the meaning of the choreography is that Lazio would be a ... creature of God. The unusual homage to Michelangelo (of art, it must be said, one hardly ever sees any in stadiums) thus drew praise for the Biancocelesti eagles.

Roma’s ultras, however, wanted to specify that the eternal rivals came second: it would in fact be up to the Romanisti to take credit for first bringing Michelangelo to the corner. The newspaper Il Romanista, a point of reference for the Giallorossi fans, let it be known that it was precisely the supporters of the Lupa who first had the idea of recalling Michelangelo: it was April 18, 1993, when another derby between Roma and Lazio was scheduled (which also ended in a draw then: 0-0), and the Romanisti displayed a banner with the verse “Questo sol m’arde e questo m’innamora,” taken from Michelangelo’s rhyme 106 (“Per ritornar là donde venne fora”). Obviously, the divine spirit that Michelangelo referred to with the metaphor of the sun in his sonnet becomes ... the Roma team in the fans’ particular reinterpretation.

“It was the last choreography that Roberto Venturelli did, organized together with Fausto Iosa,” specifies Il Romanista. “It was the size of a soccer field. A tarp displayed in the center of the Tribuna Tevere as the Sud said its ’Thank you for existing’ to Roma with stars and pyrotechnic pinwheels. It was Michelangelo in a Roma choreography for a derby.”

In the images below: the Roma banner from 1993 (taken from Roma’s Historical Archives) and the choreography of the Lazio fans last Sunday.

Dispute between Roma and Lazio ultras over Michelangelo: Lazio take it to Curva Nord, Romanists claim supremacy

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