Three-Point Gap Opened as Lazio Top Table for First Time Since 2010
Lazio have taken sole possession of the Serie A summit for the first time in 16 years after securing a 2-1 comeback victory against Cagliari at the Stadio Olimpico. Head coach Gennaro Gattuso has guided the side to 28 points from their opening ten league matches, establishing a three-point lead over second-placed Inter.
The victory relies on an undefeated start comprising nine wins and one draw through the opening ten rounds. The result marks the first time the club has topped the Italian top flight outright since the 2010-11 campaign under former manager Edy Reja.
Gennaro Gattuso
coachStadio Olimpico Surge Reshapes Italian Title Race
The squad turned around a one-goal deficit against Cagliari through second-half alterations, taking advantage of Inter’s 3-1 loss to Milan over the same weekend to claim sole possession of first place. The current ten-game unbeaten run comes despite early-season setbacks, including an August exit from the Coppa Italia first round against Mantova and ongoing supporter boycotts at home fixtures directed at club president Claudio Lotito.
Lazio hold a three-point cushion over Inter at the ten-game mark of the 38-match league schedule. Gattuso’s team next travels to face eighth-placed Napoli at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
Lazio
clubThose who came on showed great determination, hunger and vehemence; they changed the game. That is big for a coach to see. Not starting will always irritate a player, but the five substitutions made the difference today, and that makes me proud.
Journalist Tancredi Palmieri confirmed the historical milestone as the club’s third-longest gap between spells leading the top division.