Lazio denied Napoli the chance to return to the top of the Serie A standings with a 1-0 away win on Sunday, its second victory this week over Napoli, following its midweek Coppa Italia success. Napoli remains second on 32 points, two behind leader Atalanta and while Lazio stays fifth, the win moved it level on 31 points with Inter …
Serie A leader Napoli will use Thursday’s Coppa Italia last-16 tie at Lazio to give some of its little used squad members an opportunity to play, manager Antonio Conte said on Tuesday. “This year in some respects it is penalising for many players because we only have the league and we have the Coppa Italia,” Conte told reporters ahead of …
Lazio and AS Roma played out a 0-0 draw in Serie A on Sunday as both sides missed opportunities in a fiery derby clash that produced a flurry of yellow cards at the Stadio Olimpico. The result saw Roma climb one place to seventh on 18 points, three points off the top four, while Lazio is 10th with 17, and …
The Serie A title race is all but over and Napoli will look to secure the Scudetto with five games running, playing against Lazio. In the previous round of play, despite Lazio losing to Inter Milan, Napoli failed to capitalise as it drew with Salernitana. In this round of games, Lazio plays Sassuolo and a draw or loss here for …
Lazio coach Simone Inzaghi was left frustrated at his side’s error-plagued Champions League performance after poor defending led to three of Bayern Munich’s goals in a commanding 4-1 victory for the German champions. A slack back pass from Mateo Musacchio was pounced on for Robert Lewandowski’s opener, resulting in Inzaghi substituting the Argentine defender 31 minutes into the match. Defender …