Francesco Guidolin’s Bologna played host to Dino Zoff’s entertaining Lazio in week 22 of the 2000-01 Serie A campaign. Zoff’s star-studded side made the trip north to the Emilia-Romagna...
Read MoreClassic Match: Lazio vs. Milan 1999/00
In October 1999, Sven Goran Eriksson’s Lazio welcomed reigning champions AC Milan to the Stadio Olimpico. The Biancocelesti were unbeaten at the time and had recorded an impressive 2-1...
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Sergio Cragnotti: The rise and fall of Lazio’s Roman Emperor
The emperors of ancient Rome were well-known for lascivious lifestyles, eccentric tastes and political controversies. History has long sought to argue just who built the biggest wall or which...
Read MoreClassic Match: Lazio vs. Roma 1998/99
As Serie A entered week 11 of the 1998-99 campaign, Sven-Goran Eriksson was beginning to feel the heat from the Lazio faithful. Having won just three of their opening...
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Paolo Negro and the unforgettable own goal in the Rome Derby
Type ‘Paolo Negro’ into the search bar on Facebook and the first result that pops up is a page called ‘Autogol di Paolo Negro’ (Paolo Negro’s own goal). The...
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Divided and united: The paradoxical politics of the Rome Derby
Rome is a city of extremes. One where classical ruins and Renaissance palazzos provide a majestic backdrop to the pulsating chaos of urban life. For its people, there are...
Read MoreClassic Match: Napoli vs. Lazio 1984/85
In February 1985 struggling Lazio made the trip south to face the Diego Maradona fanfare in Naples. I Biancocelesti had mustered a point the week before at home to Ascoli going...
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Avanti ragazzi: Why Lazio supporters chant about the Hungarian revolution
‘Blood and Honour’ is a name that invokes images of Neo-Nazi Rock groups, those who spew out lyrics idolising an Aryan race and denouncing the Jewish parasite as they...
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The Underappreciated Career of Massimo Oddo
Franco Baresi, Alessandro Costacurta, Paolo Maldini, Christian Panucci, Mauro Tassotti and Filippo Galli. These players were the competition for a 17-year-old Massimo Oddo. If the young defender wished to...
Read MoreClassic Match: Lazio vs. Juventus 1994-95
Juventus travel to the capital on Saturday to take on Lazio. With the Bianconeri unbeaten against the Biancocelesti in Rome for over a decade, it seems unlikely that Simeone...
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