This week we remember some fantastic wins in Madrid and Turin but April 1, 2012, was one of the saddest days for Laziali…
Matches of the Week
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 1998
Location: Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid
Fixture: Atletico Lazio 0-1, UEFA Cup semi final, first leg
A superb first half strike by Jugovic allows Lazio to survive and win in a fiery Calderon hell hole.
Date: Sunday, April 1, 2000
Location: Stadio delle Alpi, Turin
Fixture: Juventus Lazio 0-1
A Simeone second-half header gives Lazio victory and cuts Juventus’ lead to 3 points…the Scudetto is still possible.
Date: Sunday, April 3, 1977
Location: Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Fixture: Lazio Inter 2-1
A Bruno Giordano brace gives Lazio a good win
Date: Sunday, April 4, 2004
Location: Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Fixture: Lazio Siena 5-2
Cesar scores three as Lazio demolish Siena coming from behind
Date: Saturday, April 6, 1991
Location: Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Fixture: Roma Lazio 1-1
Lazio manage to draw the derby, despite being reduced to nine men, thanks to a Ruben Sosa goal.
Match In Focus
Date:Sunday, March 31, 1974
Location: Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Fixture: Roma Lazio 1-2
Lazio had 32 points and were top of the table with a three-point lead on Juventus and four on Napoli. The final scudetto rush was on but today Lazio had a tricky game, the Roman derby.
A grey and initially drizzly afternoon saw a full house for this “Derby della Capitale”, the one with the biggest rivalry in Italy.
Roma predictably started the game aggressively and forced a couple of corners. In the 5th minute the Giallorossi took the lead but it was due to a fair dose of luck. Valerio Spadoni put a cross in from the left vertex of the box but the ball took on a strange trajectory and, instead of going into the heart of the area as intended, headed towards the top right-hand corner where Felice Pulici, either overconfident or deceived by the ball’s direction, caught it but then took it over the line before throwing it back into play. The referee and linesman gave the goal. Roma 1 Lazio 0.
A dream start for the Lupi and Lazio shaken.
Roma were rampant, seeing the chance to shatter Lazio’s dream, and continued to be dangerous.
In the 16th minute however Lazio reacted. Luciano Re Cecconi won a crunching tackle against Angelo Orazi (who would have to be substituted) and crossed but Giorgio Chinaglia‘s header went just high.
The game got rough and a few minutes later Sergio Petrelli was hacked down by Angelo Domenghini but the referee let it go so at the other end Giancarlo Oddi got revenge, lunging in on Spadoni. A lot of pushing and shoving followed, but what Roman derby would it be without? A few minutes later Franco Peccenini ...
