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9 months, 1 week ago

Lazio announces Sarri’s resignation and names his longtime assistant Martusciello as new coach

ROME — Lazio officially announced coach Maurizio Sarri’s resignation on Wednesday and said his longtime assistant Giovanni Martusciello is taking over. “At the same time, the club announces that the coaching duties have been given to Giovanni Martusciello.” Martusciello was Sarri’s assistant at Empoli, Juventus and Lazio. Sarri steered Lazio to second place in the Italian league last year — …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Serie A 2023-24: Maurizio Sarri steps down as Lazio coach after poor run of games - reports

The Hindu

Lazio coach Maurizio Sarri has resigned after a poor run of form left the Serie A team off the pace in the race for European football, Italian media reported on Tuesday. Monday night’s 2-1 home defeat to Udinese left Lazio seven points from Atalanta which sits in Italy’s Europa Conference League place and a further four away from the final …

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10 months ago

Francesco Calzona’s first challenge as Napoli manager, Barcelona in the Champions League, comes 48 hours after appointment

The Hindu

If Francesco Calzona didn’t already know most of Napoli’s players, it might be an impossible task: He became coach of the defending Serie A champion 48 hours before facing Barcelona in the Champions League. Calzona left before the title run when former Napoli captain Marek Hamsik — who still holds the club appearances record with 520 — suggested he take …

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10 months ago

An impossible task? Calzona takes over Napoli 48 hours before facing Barca in Champions League

Associated Press

ROME — If Francesco Calzona didn’t already know most of Napoli’s players, it might be an impossible task: He became coach of the defending Serie A champion 48 hours before facing Barcelona in the Champions League. Calzona left before the title run when former Napoli captain Marek Hamsik — who still holds the club appearances record with 520 — suggested …

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10 months ago

Napoli fires coach Mazzarri and hires Calzona just 2 days before facing Barcelona

Associated Press

NAPLES, Italy — Still struggling in Serie A, defending champion Napoli made its second coaching change of the season just two days before facing Barcelona in the Champions League. Napoli fired Walter Mazzarri after training on Monday and appointed Slovakia coach Francesco Calzona, who was the former assistant at the Serie A team but has never managed at club level. …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Sarri strategy underpins unlikely win over Bayern – one of Lazio’s greatest in Europe

New York Times

At lunch in Rome on Wednesday, Lazio’s owner, Claudio Lotito, presented Bayern Munich’s executives with a memento. Lazio did not make Deloitte’s latest football money league; their revenues last season were 20 per cent of the €744m Bayern turned over. Few, as is often the case with Italian teams, gave Lazio a chance on Wednesday, an underestimation fans of Inter …

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10 months, 4 weeks ago

Lazio and Napoli: Leaders last season, lagging this season

Associated Press

Last year, Napoli and Lazio finished first and second in Serie A. Napoli — without key players including Victor Osimhen because of the Africa Cup of Nations or injury — went on to beat Fiorentina 3-0 in the Super Cup semifinal in Riyadh before narrowly losing to Inter Milan 1-0 while playing half an hour with 10 men after Giovanni …

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11 months ago

Zerbin nets twice and almost gets knocked out as Napoli beats Fiorentina to reach Super Cup final

Associated Press

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Substitute Alessio Zerbin had a memorable nine minutes of playing time as he scored two late goals and almost knocked himself out on the post in the process, to help Napoli beat Fiorentina 3-0 on Thursday and reach the final of the revamped Italian Super Cup. Giovanni Simeone scored Napoli’s opener in the 22nd minute before …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Inter, Napoli, Lazio and Fiorentina gear up for revamped Italian Super Cup in Saudi Arabia

The Hindu

Inter Milan, Napoli, Lazio and Fiorentina are ready to “take the money and run” — in the words of one head coach — as they travel to Saudi Arabia for a revamped Italian Super Cup that for some has lost relevancy. The new four-team tournament in Riyadh copies the Spanish format and sees Serie A champion Napoli play Italian Cup …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Inter, Napoli, Lazio and Fiorentina gear up for revamped Italian Super Cup in Saudi Arabia

Associated Press

MILAN — Inter Milan, Napoli, Lazio and Fiorentina are ready to “take the money and run” — in the words of one head coach — as they travel to Saudi Arabia for a revamped Italian Super Cup that for some has lost relevancy. The new four-team tournament in Riyadh copies the Spanish format and sees Serie A champion Napoli play …

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1 year ago

Slovakia manager Calzona hopes to avoid Italy in Euro 2024 draw

The Hindu

Francesco Calzona’s journey has taken him from coffee salesman to guiding Slovakia to the Euro 2024 finals, and in Saturday’s draw, the manager is hoping to avoid his native Italy, at least until the knockout stages. “I would like to avoid Italy in the group stages, they’re a strong opponent and led by one of the best coaches in the …

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1 year ago

Victor Osimhen returns from injury and Napoli beats Atalanta 2-1 in coach Walter Mazzarri’s debut

Associated Press

ROME — Victor Osimhen is back and so might be Napoli under new coach Walter Mazzarri. Mazzarri, who also coached Napoli a decade ago, was hired to replace the fired Rudi Garcia after Napoli lost to Empoli before the international break — the Partenopei’s third home loss this campaign after dropping only two all of last season. Napoli remained fourth …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Mourinho and Sarri exchange jibes ahead of Rome derby in Serie A

Associated Press

MILAN — Despite Roma and Lazio being involved in European competition, much of the attention this week has been focused on Sunday’s derby match in Serie A and the barbs have been flying. After Lazio beat Feyenoord 1-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday, coach Maurizio Sarri said his team had gone to “war” against the Dutch side, while he …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Champions League: Lazio needs fast start on UCL return against Atletico - Sarri

The Hindu

Lazio must get a flying start when it hosts Group E’s toughest side Atletico Madrid as the Rome team returns to the Champions League after a two-year absence, manager Maurizio Sarri said. “I don’t know if it’s the best moment to face Atletico, but I know we must earn a good result against the best team in the group on …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Sarri insults his former fans then directs Lazio to win over defending champ Napoli

Associated Press

ROME — Former Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri reacted with an offensive gesture toward the local fans when Lazio’s train arrived in the southern city on Friday. On Saturday, the bespectacled manager who likes to quote Charles Bukowski made a much bigger impression in his former stadium when he directed Lazio to a 2-1 win that ended Napoli’s perfect start to …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Serie A: Inter Milan in pursuit of defensive reinforcements ahead of Cagliari meeting

The Hindu

Inter Milan is still pursuing defensive reinforcements as it looks to build on a strong start to its Serie A campaign when it faces its former coach Claudio Ranieri and his Cagliari side on Monday. Last season’s runners-up Lazio will face promoted Genoa on Sunday after Maurizio Sarri’s side suffered a 2-1 loss at Lecce, who scored two late goals, …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Serie A: Late goal gives Lazio a 2-2 draw against Lecce

The Hindu

A late goal by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic rescued a 2-2 home draw for Lazio against relegation-threatened Lecce in Serie A on Friday but the capital club’s hopes of a top-four finish remain in jeopardy. Lecce winger Remi Oudin cancelled out a goal by striker Ciro Immobile before halftime, adding another one shortly after the break before Milinkovic-Savic levelled the score again …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Napoli’s class of 2023: The southern Italy side that looks to go beyond the shadow of Diego Maradona

The Hindu

When Anthony Taylor blew the full-time whistle at the Diego Maradona Stadium in Naples, the home fans were already singing. “It’s a great win; we rewrote the history of this club,” said Victor Osimhen, who scored three of the five goals across both legs, “We keep dreaming without limits. We just follow our coach and look ahead.” Napoli, a club …

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1 year, 9 months ago

UEFA Europa Conference League: AZ Alkmaar Beat Lazio to Draw First Blood in Round of 16

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Dutch club AZ Alkmaar rallied from a goal down to upset Lazio 2-1 in their Europa Conference League round-of-16 first leg on Tuesday. Lazio, which beat Serie A leader Napoli last weekend, took the lead in the 18th minute with a strike from former Spain forward Pedro Rodríguez, playing in a face mask after breaking his nose. “This was a …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Sarri struggles to understand how Lazio allowed Lecce to complete comeback win

The Hindu

Lazio coach Maurizio Sarri was at a loss to explain how his team let a 1-0 halftime lead slip away in their disappointing 2-1 defeat by Lecce in Serie A on Wednesday. The team played thirty minutes of high level, in complete control of the match,” Sarri told Sky Sports. However, after the break Lecce staged an impressive comeback with …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Lazio’s Sarri warns of unpredictable league after World Cup break

The Hindu

Lazio coach Maurizio Sarri said on Tuesday that the World Cup break has made it difficult to predict how Serie A will unfold when teams return to action after a seven-week absence. “It’s hard to predict reactions from teams coming back after such a long break and we saw it also in other leagues, Paris St Germain and Tottenham lost, …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Watch: Serie A 2022/23 Lazio 3 Inter 1 full match recap

The Hindu

Inter Milan dropped its first points of the fledgling Serie A when it lost at Lazio 3-1. Lazio coach Maurizio Sarri’s substitutions made the difference as Pedro and Luis Alberto came off the bench to score two goals in the final 15 minutes after Inter forward Lautaro Martínez cancelled out Felipe Anderson’s opener. Inter was one of only three teams …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Alvaro Morata was close to depression at Chelsea - now can the Juventus star haunt his former club?

Daily Mail

Alvaro Morata is not the first Chelsea No 9 to flop at Stamford Bridge, but he is definitely the striker who suffered the most during his time in west London. Morata's £60m move to Chelsea in 2017 started well and was in the Golden Boot race But Christmas time in his first season saw a back injury emerge and while …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Serie A: Mussolini's great-grandson, Romano Floriani Mussolini, in Lazio squad for Verona clash

Firstpost

The news of Mussolini’s rise to the first team comes after Juan Bernabe, the handler of the club’s eagle mascot, was filmed making fascist salutes and chanting “Duce, Duce” at the end of the win over Inter Milan. Milan: The great-grandson of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was on Sunday named in Lazio’s squad for their Serie A match at Verona, …

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Lazio announces Sarri’s resignation and names his longtime assistant Martusciello as new coach

Serie A 2023-24: Maurizio Sarri steps down as Lazio coach after poor run of games - reports

Francesco Calzona’s first challenge as Napoli manager, Barcelona in the Champions League, comes 48 hours after appointment

An impossible task? Calzona takes over Napoli 48 hours before facing Barca in Champions League

Napoli fires coach Mazzarri and hires Calzona just 2 days before facing Barcelona

Sarri strategy underpins unlikely win over Bayern – one of Lazio’s greatest in Europe

Lazio and Napoli: Leaders last season, lagging this season

Zerbin nets twice and almost gets knocked out as Napoli beats Fiorentina to reach Super Cup final

Inter, Napoli, Lazio and Fiorentina gear up for revamped Italian Super Cup in Saudi Arabia

Inter, Napoli, Lazio and Fiorentina gear up for revamped Italian Super Cup in Saudi Arabia

Slovakia manager Calzona hopes to avoid Italy in Euro 2024 draw

Victor Osimhen returns from injury and Napoli beats Atalanta 2-1 in coach Walter Mazzarri’s debut

Mourinho and Sarri exchange jibes ahead of Rome derby in Serie A

Champions League: Lazio needs fast start on UCL return against Atletico - Sarri

Sarri insults his former fans then directs Lazio to win over defending champ Napoli

Serie A: Inter Milan in pursuit of defensive reinforcements ahead of Cagliari meeting

Serie A: Late goal gives Lazio a 2-2 draw against Lecce

Napoli’s class of 2023: The southern Italy side that looks to go beyond the shadow of Diego Maradona

UEFA Europa Conference League: AZ Alkmaar Beat Lazio to Draw First Blood in Round of 16

Sarri struggles to understand how Lazio allowed Lecce to complete comeback win

Lazio’s Sarri warns of unpredictable league after World Cup break

Watch: Serie A 2022/23 Lazio 3 Inter 1 full match recap

Alvaro Morata was close to depression at Chelsea - now can the Juventus star haunt his former club?

Serie A: Mussolini's great-grandson, Romano Floriani Mussolini, in Lazio squad for Verona clash