Seven wins in a row

Simon Basten
Jan 18, 2023
2 min read

Season 1913-14

Game 7, First Category Championship

Sunday, January 18, 1914

Campo della Farnesina, Rome

Lazio Roman 3-1

Lazio continue their triumphant march also beating Roman

The formula for this season was the same as the previous one. Two main sections: a northern one made up of the three groups of ten teams with the top two of each group meeting in a final group to determine the northern winner, and a centre-south championship. The latter was made up of two groups, Tuscany and Lazio. The winners of the two regional groups would meet in a semi-final with the other semi made up of the two Neapolitan teams. The winners would meet in the centre-south championship final. The northern and southern champions would then meet to determine the national champion.

The Biancocelesti had played six games so far winning every single one. No competition but they had to continue this way.

The match

Despite the far from perfect pitch, Roman started the game attacking furiously and Clemente Serventi was called upon more than once to salvage the situation. Lazio did not start well but during the course of the first half gained more and more control. In the 22nd minute the Biancocelesti scored. After a number of passes in the penalty box between Amedeo Coraggio and Angelo Zucchi II the move was finished off by Camillo Bona who made it 1-0.

The visitors reacted but Lazio were dominating and in the 43rd minute Fernando Saraceni dribbled past a couple of players and let loose a shot which beat Pasquale Lissone for the second time.

In the second half, Roman forced the Biancocelesti on the defensive, but Serventi managed to save everything. Lazio played on the counter attack and went close to 3-0 many times.

However, Arturo Meille managed to reduce the deficit before a Carlo Maranghi penalty sealed the final 3-1.

Another great win for the Biancocelesti but Roman definitely played well too.

Who played for Lazio

Serventi, Monetti, Levi II, Zucchi II, Coraggio, Di Napoli I, Saraceni I, Bona, Fioranti, Maranghi, Corelli