An Associated Press photo showed Lazio supporters holding up a banner that said “Klose mit uns”—“Klose with us”—during Sunday’s derby with Roma, with the S’s written in old German script in the style of the SS.
The phrase is a takeoff on an old military slogan, “Gott mit uns”—“God with us”—that was also used by the Nazis.
The ANSA news agency reports Klose saying, “Football cannot be mixed with politics. Politics should remain outside the stadium.”
Klose scored a last-minute winner in Lazio’s 2-1 win in the derby, giving him six goals in eight matches in all competitions with Lazio since transferring from Bayern Munich.
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