Lazio beat Catania, but suffers a lot

      3        vs.          1      
What a match! What we all though it would be a one-way traffic turned out to be a very tough encounter for Lazio, perhaps the toughest one since the new year. Catania had some bad results lately and Lazio was in a terrific form so we expected an easy win.
But it [...]

Lazio-Catania, today at 15;00 cet

Ok, it is a midweek match and it is played afternoon. This is indeed a very rary occurance in the Italian football, but due to security reasons I guess, the Italian FA decided to play most of the matches at 3PM.
As far as the formations are concerned, I doubt Delio Rossi will make any changes [...]

A Champions League Lazio continues to shine

         0        VS.    2                   
Even though I was unable to watch this match, this did not hamper me from being extremely happy for another difficult away win, this time against Cagliari. This is the first match out of the three that Lazio has to play within 8 days (Catania on Wednesday and Sampdoria this Sunday) both [...]

Cagliari – Lazio

Ok, a short entry before I leave home for an extended weekend as I took two days off from work.
We play Cagliari away. We usually struggle to get a positive result when visiting this team. Inter hardly beat them last week at San Siro which makes me think that it will harder for us to [...]

Lotito on his transfer policy and a new stadium

                                                                                                       
Ok, there is little talk about the team this week as Lazio is      not involved in Euro Cups, so I am blogging some statements of president Lotito, who spoke of his transfer policy and a possible new stadium:
This is an article from tribalfootball.com 
” Lazio president Claudio Lotito is delighted with the way his transfer policy has [...]

Lazio vs. Torino: 2-0

Here comes our first win at Olimpico since the legendary Derby thrashing of rioma. I must credit Lazio players for a fantastic performance, which never cast a doubt on who will get the points our of this important match for both teams.
Without injured Peruzzi, Behrami, Mudingayi and Makinwa, Rossi fielded a more offensive team playing [...]

“The Guardian” article about Lotito

I ran into this article about Lazio president Claudio Lotito in the Guardian. I am copying the entire article and also providing the link here:
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ITALY`S MR. CLEAN BIDS TO SAVE FOOTBALL FROM FASCIST THUGS 
As the game reels from a policeman’s murder, Lazio’s chairman is determined to purge it of corruption
Tom Kington in Rome

By nine in [...]

Atalanta – Lazio: 0-0

      VS.      
Atalanta: Calderoni; Talamonti, Rivalta, Loria, Bellini; Ferreira Pinto (Tissone 76), Migliaccio, Donati, Ariatti; Doni; Zampagna (Ventola 82)Lazio: Peruzzi; Behrami, Siviglia, Cribari, Zauri; Firmani, Ledesma, Mutarelli; Mauri; Rocchi (Tare 92), Pandev (Jimenez 71)
Even though I was unable to watch the match, from the reports I`ve read about the Atalanta-Lazio match, I do not regret that much [...]

Atalanta – Lazio behind closed doors

It has now been confirmed that Serie A actions will resume this weekend. However, the bans on stadia will kick in as predicted, and that will see only four games being played in front of the public.

A quick wrap up of the final decision is as follows:

(A) Serie A action to resume on Saturday,
(B) [...]

SERIE A and B SUSPENDED

A post I though I would never post: 

The Serie A and B Championships have been suspended after the death of a policeman in the Catania riots.
FIGC President Luca Pancalli made the announcement this evening. “We will immediately set up a permanent round table commission to discuss the situation between sport and politics. It’s not possible to [...]