5-goal Lazio adds to Benevento misery
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LAZIO joined Juventus in second spot behind Napoli in the Serie A yesterday with a 5-1 win at Benevento which suffered its 11th straight defeat in as many games.
Its first season in the Italian Serie A has been a nightmare for Benevento with the arrival of new coach Roberto De Zerbi last week doing little to improve the fortunes of the club from outside Naples with a witch on their crest.
It matched French outfit Grenoble which dug itself into a similar hole early on — a run of 11 successive defeats to open the 2009-10 campaign which ultimately condemned it to relegation from Ligue 1.
No other European club in a major league has had a worse start to the season — apart from Manchester United relegated after the 1930-1931 season after losing its first 12 matches.
Simone Inzaghi’s Lazio is riding high despite the controversy which overshadowed the previous week when its fans posted photos of Anne Frank in a jersey of hated rival AS Roma at the Stadio Olympico.
Lazio has 28 points and joins Juventus in second after the champion beat AC Milan 2-0 in the San Siro on Saturday.
Napoli reclaimed top spot on 31 points with a 3-1 victory at Sassuolo yesterday.
Ciro Immobile gave an inspirational performance again for Lazio — which claimed a sixth straight Serie A win — as he scored after 13 minutes and set up three goals.
“I’m happy with the three assists, as my teammates tell me I never pass the ball and only ever want to score, so they can’t complain now,” said Immobile, who has scored 14 goals in 11 matches.
Bastos opened the scoring after four minutes for Lazio with Adam Marusic also on target with the visitors leading 3-0 at the break.
Moroccan Achraf Lazaar pulled one back for Benvento in the second half — just its fourth of the season — but Lazio added two more through Marco Parolo and Nani.
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