Rome: A spectacular scissor-kick strike from Antonio Di Natale gave Udinese a 1-0 win over visitors Lazio on Saturday as they moved level on points with them in the Serie A fight for European places. The 35-year-old striker met Gabriel Silva's floated cross with a perfectly timed mid-air volley that flew past befuddled Lazio keeper Federico Marchetti in the 19th minute.
The Udinese captain's 18th league goal of the season was enough to lift his side above Inter Milan and Lazio into sixth place, level on 51 points with fifth-placed AS Roma and seventh-placed Lazio. "We can say that we're on track for the Europa League. We've got Cagliari next and we have to make sure that we win that," Udinese's 18-year-old midfielder Piotr Zielinski, who impressed in his first start in front of home fans, said.
"It's very important for me that I played well with Toto (Di Natale) and he scored," added the Pole, who was given warm applause from the Stadio Friuli crowd when he was substituted five minutes from time. In the day's only other Serie A game, Genoa missed the chance to move out of the relegation zone with a 1-1 draw at home to Atalanta.
Antonio Floro Flores' first league goal of the season in his first start after three months out injured gave Genoa a sixth-minute lead, only for it to be cancelled out two minutes later by a brilliant Cristiano Del Grosso strike. Genoa move up a place to
10:19 AM, Apr 21, 2013
Rome: Juventus maintained their march to a 29th Serie A title as they beat Lazio 2-0 on Monday to move 11 points clear at the top of the table, with Arturo Vidal scoring both goals to end his drought. Vidal opened the scoring after just eight minutes, converting from the penalty spot after Lorik Cana brought down Claudio Marchisio. The Chile international hadn't scored since November, but doubled his tally...
08:16 AM, Apr 16, 2013
Rome: Brazil playmaker Hernanes put Lazio ahead but later missed a penalty in a 1-1 draw with Roma in the city derby on Monday that left both clubs still battling for Europa League spots. Hernanes also fouled Miralem Pjanic to give away a penalty for Roma in the 56th minute that was converted by 36-year-old captain Francesco Totti. Hernanes scored in the 16th with a spectacular effort from 25 meters...
05:15 AM, Apr 09, 2013
Bucharest: Highly-rated Romania defender Stefan Radu is retiring from international soccer at 26 to concentrate on his club career with Serie A side Lazio. Radu's agent Ioan Becali informed Romania coach Victor Piturca that the player was quitting the national side for personal reasons. "Mr. Becali already told you," left-back Radu, who can also play as a central defender, told local media on Friday. "It's not a big loss, there...
09:22 AM, Apr 06, 2013
Chelsea staged a thrilling comeback to beat Steaua Bucharest 3-1 while Tottenham made it on the away-goals rule. ...
04:02 AM, Mar 15, 2013
AC Milan cruised to a 3-0 victory over 10-man Lazio in a direct battle for third place in Serie A. ...
03:44 AM, Mar 03, 2013
Lazio's latest case follows alleged incidents of "racist behavior" during a 2-0 Europa League victory against Borussia Moenchengladbach in Rome last Thursday. ...
11:53 PM, Feb 25, 2013
Lazio hope to arrest their slide and pass their bad fortune of late to fellow title-chaser Napoli when they meet in the Serie A on Saturday. ...
01:06 PM, Feb 08, 2013
Sergio Floccari headed in the goal from a corner deep into injury-time to give his side a 2-1 win over Juventus. ...
03:07 PM, Jan 30, 2013
Lazio extended their unbeaten run in all competitions to 10 wins and six draws. ...
09:53 AM, Jan 23, 2013
UEFA said the Italian hosts had been charged over racist chanting by their fans, missile-throwing and also because their team arrived late. ...
08:06 PM, Jan 07, 2013
Second-place Lazio rallied to beat visiting Cagliari 2-1 in a controversial finish. ...
08:50 AM, Jan 06, 2013
Juventus lead with 44 points and Lazio are second with 36 points, followed by Fiorentina and Inter Milan (35 each). ...
10:21 AM, Jan 04, 2013
Juventus, who beat Cagliari 3-1 Friday, lead with 44 points. Lazio are next with 36 points, Fiorentina and Inter have 35 each and Napoli have 34. ...
08:38 AM, Dec 23, 2012
Brazil playmaker Hernanes took advantage when Sampdoria goalkeeper Sergio Romero was down on the ground to score in the 31st minute. ...
11:23 PM, Dec 22, 2012
Miroslav Klose scored the only goal 8 minutes from time to extend Lazio's unbeaten streak to nine in all competitions. ...
08:20 AM, Dec 16, 2012
Inter has impressed against the top teams this season, also beating defending champion and leader Juventus. ...
09:22 AM, Dec 15, 2012
The Roman club kept the score level despite being reduced to 10 men when Libor Kozak picked up his second yellow card. ...
09:04 AM, Dec 11, 2012
Juventus' Simone Pepe will be out of action for a long time after suffering a second tear to his left thigh muscle. ...
11:54 AM, Dec 08, 2012
