Lazio Continues Its Historic Run
Lazio continued its historic run with a win over Parma, while Roma and Napoli drew, and Como moved up to fourth place.
Translated by Qiyas from النهار — Original source
Lazio took sole possession of the top spot with a 2-1 victory over visitors Parma, while their rivals Roma staged a comeback from behind on two occasions to avoid defeat against hosts Napoli, settling for a 3-3 draw with an Argentine flavor, the day before yesterday, in the eighth-round clash of the Italian league. Meanwhile, Como, the surprise package of last season, continued their resurgence with a 2-0 win over visitors Sassuolo.
In the first match at Rome’s Olympic Stadium, Lazio extended their best-ever start to a league season, securing their fourth consecutive victory and their seventh point in eight matches without a loss this season. Despite struggling in the first half, Lazio secured the win thanks to goals from Dutch midfielder Kenneth Taylor (51st minute) and Brazilian defender Diego Carlos (58th minute, own goal), while Simone Lontani scored the visitors’ only goal in stoppage time (90+5).
In the second match, Napoli took a two-goal lead without reply through Cameroon’s Franck Anguissa with a brilliant scissor kick (28th minute) and Scotland’s Scott McTominay with a header (48th minute). However, Roma fought back, narrowing the deficit through Argentine Matías Soulé (69th minute), before his compatriot, defensive stalwart Leonardo Paredes, on loan from French club Marseille, equalized (74th minute). Just as Roma appeared to be the better side, McTominay restored Napoli’s lead with a long-range strike in the 83rd minute, scoring his second personal goal of the match. But the Giallorossi responded quickly, with Paredes netting his second personal goal in the 89th minute to secure the draw.
Napoli dropped to 10th place with 11 points, eight points behind the leaders and seven points behind the capital club, which maintained third place with 18 points. The team managed by Gian Piero Gasperini now leads fourth-placed Como, last season’s surprise package, by just one point after Como continued their resurgence with a 2-0 win over Sassuolo. This was Como’s second consecutive victory and their fifth in the league this season, lifting them to temporary fourth place with 17 points, two points ahead of Milan, who travel to face Udinese.
Bologna regained their winning form with a valuable 2-0 clean-sheet victory over hosts Cagliari.
