Lazio finished third, three points behind leaders Napoli, achieving their fourth consecutive victory, and achieved a great away result at the expense of Fiorentina 4-0 on Monday at the end of the ninth leg of the Italian Football League.
Maurizio Sarri’s team established three points and a sixth win of the season in the first half, which saw him score two goals, before adding the third and fourth at the end of the game.
The club from the capital opened the scoring on 11 minutes following a header from Uruguayan Matias Vecino.
After being the owner of the ball from which the first goal came, Mattia Zakanii boosted Lazio’s advantage in the second 25 ‘with a header also from a cross from Serbian Sergei Milinkovic-Savic.
Spanish substitute Luis Alberto finally set the score with a third goal in the 85th minute after a pass from Ciro Immobile, who himself added the fourth in injury time after another pass from Milinkovic-Savic (1 + 90), bringing his personal tally of goals this season to six with Bologna’s Austrian striker Marko Arnautovic.
Lazio climb to third place with 20 points, with a goal difference ahead of Udinese, who drew 2-2 with Atalanta on Sunday.
As for Fiorentina, who suffered their fourth defeat of the season, the score stopped at 9 points in thirteenth place.
