This Week In Lazio History: May 4-10
This Week In Lazio History: May 4-10 A lot happened in Lazio history during week 4-10 May. Big wins over Inter, Milan and Juventus, but we have to also mourn the sad loss of Oliviero Garlini. Matches of the Week Date : Sunday, May 4, 1997 Location : Stadio Olimpico, Rome Fixture : Roma Lazio 1-1 A 92nd minute Protti equaliser gives ten-man Lazio late point Date: Sunday, May 5, 2002 Location: Stadio Olimpico, Rome Fixture: Lazio Inter 4-2 Inter throw away scudetto as Lazio have little choice but to take the win with a Poborsky brace plus goals from Simeone and Inzaghi.
Date: Sunday, May 6, 1984 Location: Stadio Olimpico, Rome Fixture: Lazio Ascoli 2-1 Lazio beat Ascoli and now need only one more point in the last game at Pisa to avoid relegation. Date: Sunday, May 7, 2000, Location: Stadio Dall’Ara, Bologna Fixture: Bologna Lazio 2-3 The Biancocelesti get the win but go into the last game still two points behind Juventus. A disallowed Cannavaro goal in Turin will be the talk of the week.
Date: Sunday, May 9, 1976 Location: Stadio Olimpico, Rome Fixture: Lazio Milan 4-0 A devilish nightmare for Milan as Lazio outclass them with a 4-0 thumping giving themselves a chance to avoid relegation. Match In Focus Date: Sunday, May 7, 1995 Location: Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin Fixture: Juventus Lazio 0-3 So far in the league Lazio were in 4th position. The Biancocelesti had won 14, drawn 6 and lost 9.
Juventus were top of the table and closing in on yet another Serie A title. A crowd of 45,000 turned up to see Juve move nearer the league title. The game was controlled by Juve from the start and Luca Marchegiani soon realized he would be in for a busy afternoon.
His first difficult save came from a Moreno Torricelli header in the 11th minute and he then repeated himself on a Sergio Porrini header with prodigious reflexes. In the 26th minute Ciro Ferrara’s curling shot was again superbly saved by the “Conte” (The Count, for his aplomb and gentleman like manner). And Lazio?
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