Lazio are fourth again after getting their first win of the year

Lazio ended a difficult week with a resounding victory over Verona (0-3) that took them back to fourth place in Serie A and the Champions League positions. On Saturday, Juventus temporarily overtook the Romans in the table, thanks to their 2-0 classic victory over Milan, but now they are back in fifth place.

This is the first victory of the year for a Lazio that closed 2024 with a 1-1 against Atalanta and started 2025 with a derby defeat against Roma (2-0) and lost 1-1 at home last week against As of Cesc Fabregas.

And this week it started said goodbye to the Spaniard Juan Bernabé, the trainer of the Olympia eagle. Lazio’s mascot, for publishing photos of his penis implant on social networks.

But now everything went well for Lazio from the start of the match. Center back Samuel Gigot opened the scoring in the 2nd minute of the game when he headed a corner taken by Mattia Zaccagni.

Boulaye Dia increased the lead in the 21st minute when he poured himself a wonderful counterattack from their own half and, after holding back the defenses, he nailed the ball into the net with a powerful shot.

Zaccagni, who played for Verona before joining Lazio in 2021, he made it 0-3 at the start of the second half with a shot deflected by a defender. In deciding the game, Marco Baroni brought in Pedro Rodríguez (66′).

Ondrej Duda was sent off in the last minute after receiving a second yellow and leaving Verona with ten, which, after being bought on Wednesday by the American investment fund Presidio Investors, fell into the relegation zone, it is 18th, after Cagliari beat Lecce ( 4- 1). Lazio is fourth, 4 points behind an Atalanta who lost at home to leaders Naples (2-3) on Saturday.

Fiorentina, whistled

Fiorentina did not hold their heads high, adding a sixth straight day without a win after being held 1-1 at home by Torino. The ‘viola’ have now fallen to seventh place, five points off the Champions League positions, and they are edging further away from a lead that was close to reaching midway through the first round.

It seemed that the game was going Fiorentina’s way when Ali Dembele He was sent off in the 33rd minute after seeing two yellow cards in six minutes. In the 38th minute, Moses Kean He advanced the Tuscans, with a header, to his 12th Serie A goal, two behind ‘capocannoniere’ Mateo Retegui (Atalanta)

But the exchange Guide Gynecitis He took advantage of a defensive error to beat David De Gea and give Torino a point (11th). The fans send Fiorentina off with whistles.