This Week In Lazio Historical past: March 24-30

This Week In Lazio Historical past: March 24-30

This week in Lazio historical past we bear in mind some basic victories and the passing of a Lazio legend: Bob Lovati.

Matches of the Week

Date: Sunday, March 24, 1985Venue: Stadio Olimpico, RomeFixture: Lazio Roma 1-1The common Rome derby: a draw and fights between gamers.

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Date: Saturday, March 25, 2000Venue: Stadio Olimpico, RomeFixture: Lazio Roma 2-1A purpose down after three minutes, and after a midweek battle at Stamford Bridge, Lazio combat again with Nedved and Veron to maintain Scudetto dream alive 

Date: Sunday, March 27, 1988Venue: Stadio Olimpico, RomeFixture: Lazio Piacenza 5-2A convincing win over Piacenza strikes Lazio into promotion locations prepared for the grand finale. Objectives from Monelli, Gregucci, Muro and a Savino brace

Date: Sunday, March 28, 1943Venue: Stadio PNF, RomeFixture: Lazio Milano 4-2Six targets all within the first half, give Lazio prestigious victory due to Piola, Gualtieri and Borici

Date: Sunday, March 29, 1992Venue: Stadio Delle Alpi, TurinFixture: Juventus Lazio 1-1Lazio get the purpose they needed however Juventus equalise in harm time

Match In Focus

Date: Sunday, March 28, 1980Venue: Stadio Olimpico, RomeFixture: Lazio Catanzaro 2-0 

On March 23, 1980, the Italian police arrested a quantity Lazio, Milan, Bologna, Avellino, Genoa and Perugia gamers They have been all accused of match fixing. The Biancoceleste gamers have been Captain , , and goalkeeper .

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Aside from the apparent catastrophe per se, there was an important sport to be performed: Lazio vs Catanzaro. If Lazio misplaced, the Biancocelesti would nearly definitely go all the way down to Serie B particularly as a result of with out the 4 gamers the possibilities of survival could be extraordinarily slim.

Supervisor Bob Lovati had the tough process of deciding which gamers would exchange the 4 “rogues”. He selected two younger gamers from the Primavera staff:  in purpose and  as sweeper. Perrone had already performed just a few video games in Serie A for the primary staff over the past couple of years, however for Budoni it was a primary. took Manfredonia’s place and up entrance he put , assisted by  .

Lazio began the sport rather well and within the first quarter-hour had a number of possibilities, however then a understandable concern set in and so they began to retreat to defence. Catanzaro, maybe feeling sorry for Lazio and distracted by the truth that they themselves would keep up anyway since a lot of groups have been going to be punished with relegation, ought to have exploited the good alternative however as a substitute solely had a few possibilities within the first half. Within the twenty third minute Carlo Bresciani, after having dribbled Budoni too, extremely missed a golden probability by taking pictures huge and later missed one other alternative.

Within the second half Lazio doubled their efforts and attacked consistently. The Biancocelesti lastly scored within the 72nd minute when Captain D’Amico went into the field on the correct, dribbled previous a defender, after which from an nearly unattainable angle put the ball at the back of the online.

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Ten minutes later  crossed a ball excessive into the field and Giuliano Groppi, frightened by the presence of  behind him, lobbed the ball over Antonio Trapani for Lazio’s second purpose.

Lazio have been nearly secure due to a bunch of children captained by D’Amico. One may at all times rely on Vincenzo when the going bought robust.

In Reminiscence: Bob Lovati 

Roberto Lovati, affectionately often called “Bob”, was born in Cusano Milanino on July 20, 1927. Though initially from the area of Lombardy, Lovati turned a legend at Lazio, first as a participant, then as a supervisor after which technical director plus numerous different jobs, simply as lengthy it was for Lazio.

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His skilled debut got here for Pisa in Serie B in 1949. He performed 59 video games in Tuscany and in 1954 was purchased by Lazio who nonetheless then loaned him to Torino for a yr (he made 33 appearances). In 1955 he returned to Lazio and this time it was to remain. So his enjoying profession at Lazio began in 1955 and he was captain when Lazio gained , their first historic silverware. He performed for the Biancocelesti for six years making 146 appearances (135 in Serie A and 11 in Coppa Italia). He additionally earned two Italian caps (one sadly a 6-1 defeat towards the mighty Yugoslavia).

After retiring he went on to educate the goalkeepers however in October 1962, when was sacked, Lovati turned head coach and was the one who sat on the bench on Sundays. The true supervisor was however as a result of he was not Italian, he couldn’t formally be supervisor or be on the sidelines on match day. Lovati from 1962 to 1967 coached the Lazio youth groups, however was additionally assistant to the 2 managers ( and ) within the 1966-67 season. In February 1968 he took the place of sacked supervisor Renato Gei, and for the next three seasons he assisted Lorenzo once more. In the summertime of 1971, after Lorenzo had been sacked and earlier than the arrival of , he managed the staff that gained the .

He had a splendid relationship with Maestrelli and was his assistant for on a regular basis the Maestro was supervisor. Lovati was a part of that splendid dream staff that gained the 1973-74 scudetto.

He got here in as supervisor when was sacked in 1978 and stayed till the top of the 1979-80 season. He led Lazio as supervisor for 106 video games. In later life he additionally labored as a expertise scout and as a director, at all times clearly for Lazio.

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He died in Rome on March 30, 2011 at 84.

At Lazio they usually joke that Bob did each job below the solar for the membership besides perhaps gardener, and solely as a result of he was not requested. He definitely achieved cult standing.

Birthdays This Week

Francesco Brignani, 24/3/1948, midfielder, Italy, 20 appearances (1975-76)

Mauro Manzoni, 24/3/1958, midfielder, Italy, 33 appearances (1979-81

Luigi Cassano, 26/3/1920, defender, Italy, 33 appearances (1946-47)

Attilio Ferraris IV, 26/3/1904, defender, Italy, 40 appearances (1934-36)

Maurizio Moscatelli, 26/3/1955, goalkeeper, Italy, 30 appearances (1980-83)

Gonzalo Escalante, 27/3/1993, midfielder, Argentina, 31 appearances (2021-22)

Franco Janich, 27/3/1937, defender, Italy, 108 appearances (1958-61)

Gaizka Mendieta, 27/3/1974, midfielder, Spain, 31 appearances (2001-02)

Giambattista Moschino, 28/3/1939, midfielder, Italy, 51 appearances, 6 targets (1962-63, 1971-73)

Bernardo Corradi, 29/3/1976, ahead, Italy, 82 appearances, 22 targets (2002-04)

Renzo Garlaschelli, 29/3/1950, ahead, Italy, 279 appearances, 67 targets (1972-82)

Arne Selmosson, 29/3/1931, ahead, Sweden, 101 appearances, 31 targets (1955-58)

Sebastiano Siviglia, 29/3/1973, defender, Italy, 183 appearances, 10 targets (2004-10)

Amos Mariani, 30/3/1931, ahead, Italy, 48 appearances, 2 targets (1959-61)

Silvano Martina, 30/3/1953, goalkeeper, Italy, 71 appearances (1987-89)

Karel Poborsky, 30/3/1972, midfielder, Czech Republic, 53 appearances, 5 targets (2001-02)

This Article Was Written by Dag Jenkins & Simon Basten from Lazio Tales. Extra Info on the Above Matches and Gamers will be discovered on .