SV Werder Bremen have cancelled their friendly with Lazio, originally planned for Saturday, 6th August at the Weser-Stadion. Club chairman Klaus Filbry confirmed the news on Friday morning. “The evidence that radical right-wing groups will use the game as a platform for their own agenda has become more substantial. It has been confirmed to us by various sources. We don’t want to offer that publicity in a friendly match. Beyond that, we’re not willing to increase the security measures for what was supposed to be a family-friendly pre-season highlight to a level that shouldn’t be necessary. That is why we have reached an agreement with Lazio to cancel the friendly.”