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The 2026–27 UEFA Champions League League Phase draw will take place on Thursday, with 36 clubs discovering their group-stage opponents. Roma, Inter, Napoli and Como represent Italy in the competition. Paris Saint-Germain will defend the title won in the last two editions, with their rivals aiming to dethrone the French champions. The final is scheduled for 5 June 2027 at the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid.

Roma supporters from Lazio are banned from attending the club's first away fixture of the season at Lecce on Monday 31 August. The Prefect of Lecce, acting on advice from the Committee for the Analysis of Sports Event Safety (CASMS), has closed the away section at Stadio Via del Mare and prohibited ticket sales to Lazio residents. The measure extends a travel ban that has applied since 18 January, when violent clashes between Roma and Fiorentina ultras occurred on the A1 motorway after a match in Turin. This is the first away match of the 2026–27 season for Roma, and the opening of the Lecce fixture will proceed without support from the club's organized home region. The decision, reportedly justified by reference to past incidents between the two sets of supporters, prompted immediate protest from Roma's fan groups. The Union of Roma Supporters (U.T.R.) and the Italian Roma Club Association (A.I.R.C.) issued a joint statement this morning condemning the measure. They stated: "We protest vigorously against yet another unjust discriminatory measure against Roma supporters, by which the Prefect of Lecce, on the instruction of the Committee for the Analysis of Sports Event Safety, has ordered the closure of the away section at Via del Mare stadium and a ban on ticket sales for the Lecce–Roma match scheduled for 31 August 2026 to residents in Lazio. This measure references generic incidents of which frankly we have no memory."

Roma supporters have been banned from attending the match at Lecce on 31 August 2026 following a prohibition imposed on 25 August. The decision to close the visiting supporters' section at the Stadio Via del Mare and prevent ticket sales to Lazio residents stems from past incidents between the two sets of supporters, according to the Sports Event Security Analysis Committee and the Prefect of Lecce. The ban has triggered an angry response from Roma's supporter organisations. The Unione Tifosi Romanisti (U.T.R.) and Associazione Italiana Roma Club (A.I.R.C.) issued a joint statement condemning what they describe as discriminatory treatment. They argue that the measure cites only vague references to historical clashes and fails to account for Roma's recent conduct. The organisations emphasise that last season, as reported by Rome's Police Commissioner, no incidents occurred at the Olimpico stadium involving Roma supporters, a fact they claim has been disregarded. The statement reads: "We vigorously protest yet another inequitable discriminatory measure against Roma supporters, by which the Prefect of Lecce, on indications from the Committee, has ordered the closure of the away section and a ban on ticket sales for the Lecce-Roma match scheduled for 31 August 2026 to Lazio residents. The measure invokes generically some incidents of which frankly we have no memory." The groups appeal for the freedom of movement of all citizens to be restored immediately, noting that tight timescales prevent them from filing an appeal with the Regional Administrative Court.