US EditionWhy Lecce protested Serie A's scheduling decision over physio's death by wearing jersey with no color or crest
- US Lecce played Atalanta in Bergamo on Sunday, April 27, 2025, wearing a plain white jersey.
- The club wore the jersey protesting Serie A rescheduling the match three days after physiotherapist Graziano Fiorita died.
- Fiorita died Thursday while on retreat with the team ahead of the originally scheduled Friday game.
- Lecce stated they would play the game "of trampled values" in the jersey lacking colors or logos.
- The club will return to their standard kit when Fiorita's body returns home for honors.
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'No value, no color': Lecce on the field with the white jersey, the protest against the Serie A League
The Gewiss Stadium match between Atalanta and Lecce was characterized by a truly unique atmosphere. A black cloth in the visiting fans sector, banners by Bergamo fans that read: “Death is not the same for everyone” and “Italian League shame! ”. The Salentini who warmed up the pre-race wearing a shirt with the words' Graziano 'written and the launch of smoke bombs on the field. Finally, Lecce who takes the field to play the game with a white jers…
Special jersey, crazy press release... Lecce's emotion forced to play three days after the death of his physio
The Serie A football club rejected the decision of the Italian League to refuse the more substantial postponement of its match against the Atalanta, originally scheduled Friday night and played this Sunday, after the sudden death of one of the club's doctors.
The Lecce protest: in the white jersey against Atalanta in the 'game of trampled values'
The team wears a shirt with the inscription “No value, no color” in dissent with the League, which did not want to postpone the race as requested by the Apulians after the death of their physiotherapist
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