Carrizo deal is off, until January at least

This is a statement released by Lazio yesterday afternoon:
“Lazio and River Plate would like to communicate that due to bureaucratic reasons, the agreement of July 18 is now no longer valid and Carrizo will remain property of River Plate until Lazio can sign him,”

After weeks of twists and turns, Lazio have officially [...]

Live Champions Leagu draw

Lazio is in the group C and will play with:
 Real Madrid, Werder Bremen and Olympiacos
 Here are all groups:
GROUP A:  Liverpool; Porto; O.Marsiglia; Besiktas
GROUP B:  Chelsea; Valencia; Schalke 04; Rosenborg
GROUP C:  Real Madrid; Werder Bremen; Lazio; Olympiacos
GROUP D:  Milan; Benfica; Celtic; Shakhtar
GROUP E:  Barcellona; O.Lione; Stoccarda; Rangers Glasgow
GROUP F:  Manchester United; Roma; S.Lisbona; Dinamo Kiev
GROUP G:  [...]

Champions League draw today at 18;00 CET

From UEFA.com
The seedings for the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League group stage have been announced with the draw to be made at 18.00CET today at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.
Monaco setting
Wednesday’s 12 victorious sides from the third qualifying round and Tuesday’s three winners take their place alongside the 16 automatic entrants in the draw for the [...]

Goalkeeper situation and Fernando Muslera

Since the Juan Pablo Carrizo saga is not going to end before the deadline for the hand over of player`s list to play in the next season, Lazio signed another goalkeeper, namely Fernando Muslera from Montevideo Nazional Uruguay.
You would probably say now: why another extra-communitario? Well the good thing is that Muslera has already received [...]

Lazio back where belongs: Champions League

After a thrilling match full of emotions and in front of 50,000 frenetic chants, Lazio managed to beat 3-1 Dinamo Bucuresti and therefore qualify for the main Champions League draw. Those of you who read my blog were aware of the injuries (and suspensions) Delio Rossi was facing and when you take into account a non [...]

Diakite to undergo surgery – out for 3-4 months

From SkySports.com
Lazio defender Mobido Diakite is to undergo surgery after scans revealed he has fractured his leg.

Diakite sustained the injury during Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Torino and it has now been decided surgery will be required to reduce the damage.
Scans have shown that the 20-year-old has fractured his right shin bone following a collision with [...]

Lazio – Torino 2;2

The new season kicked off in the best of fashion as Lazio and Torino awarded nothing less than a spectacle at Stadio Olimpico on that hot Saturday afternoon.
Lazio was the better side throughout the match but Torino got a not deserved point after two blunders, one on each half by Ballota and De Silvestri. It [...]

Matchday 1: Lazio – Torino

 
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So, to follow up with the other welcoming post, we start the new season with a very decent team: Torino. They made some great signing during the summer and what is more, they have a great coach in Walter Novellino.
On the other hand, Delio Rossi has so many worries in his head [...]

Welcome to the new Serie A season 2007/08

Readers of this blog, I would like to welcome you to the new Serie A season for our beloved club LAZIO which officialy kicks off tomorrow at 18;00 CET.
Even though all of expected that we would enter this new season in a better way, like having Carrizo issue resolved, having a better result against Dinamo [...]

Endless troubles – Carrizo move may stall

It appears as the deal for Juan Pablo Carrizo may fall appart. That is because unless the goalkeeper fails to obtain an Italian passport until 31 August, Lazio can not sign him as a non EU player as the places are taken with the signing of Kolarov.
Here is an article from Channel4 to have a [...]