Roma coach Luciano Spalletti has added his voice to those calling for the controversial barriers installed in the Curva Sud and Curva Nord of the Stadio Olimpico to be removed.
Fans of both Roma and Lazio were incensed when the barriers were installed at the start of the season to divide up the areas where their most passionate fans congregate.
As a result, the attendances for both clubs dropped dramatically this season with angry fan groups calling on Roma president James Pallotta to force the authorities to remove the barriers.
Since both clubs are only tenants in the stadium, and the barriers were installed on police advice so as to help them segregate better and identify troublemakers, there is little the two clubs have been able to do but accept the measures.
Spalletti hopes something will still be done this summer to ensure the fans can flock back to follow their team again next season, saying the atmosphere has not been the same this season without them.
"To help me prepare for what to say on the theme of barriers, I went and looked up the word in the dictionary," Spalletti said on the club's official website. "It talks about obstacles, division and restricting freedom. That's what it is.
"I don't want to have to sit down with my five-year-old daughter and tell her we need barriers to be able to go to the stadium. We have to find alternative solutions. I understand the way things are but we also need to realise that the stadiums are empty and we need to fill them.
"There's only one time when it's ok to put up a barrier and that's when Totti takes a free kick."
Spalletti admitted he had been forced to let one of his players use his mobile phone in the dressing room to find out that his wife had reached the stadium safely before he would take to the field for a fixture.
"Sometimes what happens outside the stadium can cause problems for me in my job too," Spalletti said. "One of my players asked me for permission to break my rule of not using mobile phones in the dressing room because he wanted to find out if his wife and children, who were coming to the stadium, were OK.
"He said: 'I can't relax unless I know they're in their seats at the stadium.' Sometimes the players give their phones to the physio or the team manager because they're worried something might happen outside.
"So I had to go back on a rule I considered fundamental so that I could be sure my players were able to perform. I allowed them to use their phones because if they're not relaxed then they're not going to be at their best. You need to be mentally right to play football."
The former Zenit St Petersburg coach added that it is only a problem in Italy to find such barriers, and he hopes people's attitudes will soon change.
"I've been lucky enough to have had the chance to work outside Italy for five years and see football in different stadiums around Europe, and certain things only happen here," he said. "Elsewhere you see different colours mingling outside the stadium without people laying into each other.
"We need more passion for sport and more love for the game. It's partly our fault too. We have to do a better job of sending out the right message. We need to do our bit to make sure we have full stadiums."