With both teams boasting notoriously passionate fans who occasionally cross the line it was always likely to be a game that made the headlines long before kick-off.
So it proved, with the French side's ultras setting about the visitors' team bus as it drove to the ground.
Thankfully, none of the Lazio squad or technical staff were hurt in the incident, which ended in something of a scrap between fans.
Ultras from both sides clashed following the bus attack, with the police being forced to intervene and deploy tear gas to disperse the crowds.
October 25, 2018