The Lazio Chronicle
Match31 Oct 2029
Lazio through in the cup
A 2‑0 win over Altamura, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Boardroom5 Nov 2029
Riccardo Cecconi has until the next board meeting
What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Lazio can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.
Market5 Nov 2029
Martin Baturina raises the bar for Lazio
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Lazio heard it as anything else.
Squad5 Nov 2029
Mario Gila in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Lazio this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings5 Nov 2029
Dino Mehic shuts the door
Defensive actions: 23, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Player ratings5 Nov 2029
Filipe Bordon in the eights
A performance of 9.62 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings5 Nov 2029
One of those days for Martin Baturina
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.59, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Match3 Nov 2029
Martin Baturina the difference as Lazio beat Empoli
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Martin Baturina. 3‑2 against Empoli, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings5 Nov 2029
One of those days for Christian Aucelli
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.07, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
In brief
- Squad Lazio lose Simone Curzi
- Squad Tijjani Noslin is in the form of his life
- Squad Ivan Provedel lets one through his hands