This Week In Lazio History: March 23-29 | OneFootball

According to The Laziali, this week revisits standout Lazio results and honours the memory of Idilio Cei.

On 28 March 1943 Lazio beat Milano 4-2, all six before the break, through Piola, Gualtieri and Borici. The 24 March 1985 derby finished 1-1, then came 5-2 over Piacenza on 27 March 1988, 1-1 at Juventus on 29 March 1992 and 1-0 against Cagliari on 25 March 2012 from Modibo Diakité.

Match in focus, 25 March 2000, Lazio Roma 2-1 at the Olimpico. Without Sinisa Mihajlovic and Alessandro Nesta, Sven-Goran Eriksson started Simone Inzaghi, with Juan Sebastian Veron and Pavel Nedved in support.

Roma led on three minutes when Vincenzo Montella turned in Francesco Totti’s cross. Lazio steadied, Veron headed over, Nedved had a penalty shout, then on 25 minutes Nedved equalised from Inzaghi’s pass via a Carlos Zago deflection.

Three minutes later Veron bent a free-kick into the top left. Before the break Totti had a header cleared by Paolo Negro, Cafu went off on 37 and Luca Marchegiani departed on 43 with a neck injury.

After half-time Roma pressed without fluency. Del Vecchio and Totti were denied, Diego Simeone skimmed a post, and Lazio closed it out amid nine bookings, cutting the gap to Juventus to six points before Turin.

Valerio Idilio Cei, born 8 June 1937 in Larciano, joined Lazio as Bob Lovati’s understudy after spells with Foligno, Gualdo and Montecatini. A pillar after 1961, he played 169 Serie A and 100 Serie B games, later moving to Palermo and finishing at Larcianese. He died in Larciano on 24 March 1996, having lost his 17-year-old son in 1981.

Source: The Laziali