Lazio players paid tribute to their late player Daniel Guerini by wearing commemorative shirts during the warm-up of their game against Spezia on Saturday after the youth star was killed in a car crash in Rome aged just 19.
The teenager, who had previously played in the Fiorentina, Torino and SPAL academies and had represented Italy at Under-15 and Under-16 level, died in the collision on March 24.
The Rome-based club revealed that the club’s players would wear a special jersey which read ‘Ciao Guero’ to remember Guerini, along with a photo of him pointing to the club’s crest upon his return to Le Aquile.
Lazio have worn shirts during the warm-up against Spezia which pay tribute to Daniel Guerini
The teenager was killed following a car crash in Rome three days after his 19th birthday
The Lazio players also observed a minute’s silence in memory of Guerini prior to kick-off
La squadra, durante il riscaldamento, indosserà una maglia speciale in ricordo di Daniel Guerini
La Società, inoltre, durante la partita onorerà la memoria del giovane calciatore della Primavera biancoceleste mediante ulteriori iniziative pic.twitter.com/8fkcVpRyO3
— S.S.Lazio (@OfficialSSLazio) April 2, 2021
‘The team, during the warm-up, will wear a special shirt in memory of Daniel Guerini,’ a club tweet read.
‘The club will also honour the memory of the young Lazio youth-team player in other ways.’
Lazio, who won the game 2-1, added on social media: ‘Still incredulous and shocked by pain, the President, the men and women of the Lazio Sports Club gather around the family of the young Daniel Guerini.’
Guerini’s former clubs also paid tribute, as did the likes of AC Milan, Atalanta and Serie A leaders Inter.
Guerini left Lazio on a permanent basis in 2016 to join Torino’s academy, before a couple of loan spells at Fiorentina followed.
Attacking midfielder Guerini playing for Torino before he returned to Lazio in January this year
The attacking midfielder then enjoyed another loan stint at SPAL before rejoining Lazio in January this year.
Guerini’s funeral took place on April 1, where the club’s anthem Vola Lazio Vola was sung outside the church where he was laid to rest.
The funeral was attended by Lazio owner Claudio Lotito, head coach Simone Inzaghi, some first-team players and all Guerini’s former Primavera (Lazio youth) team-mates.
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