ROME - A fan was stabbed during skirmishes between Roma and Lazio hooligans ahead of the teams' meeting in the Italian Cup on Wednesday.

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According to the ANSA news agency reports, the fan was a teenage supporter and he was stabbed in the buttocks. His condition isn't considered serious after he was taken to the hospital.

Later, a window on Lazio's team bus was broken on the way to the Olympic Stadium in a repeat of the sort of violence that has regularly dogged the fixture.