Lazio on a different level

Simon Basten
Mar 20, 2025
2 min read

Season 1909-10

Game 2, Lazio 3rd Category League

Sunday, March 20, 1910

Prato dei Daini, Rome

Roman Lazio 1-6

Despite a water-logged pitch, the Biancocelesti destroy Roman

In 1910 for the first time the Italian Federation decided to organise a Rome-based League. It was not considered to be on a par with the leagues in the north, so it was defined as 3rd category. The teams participating were four: Lazio, Roman, Juventus Roma and Fortitudo and the games took place between March and April.

In the first fixture the Biancocelesti had hammered Fortitudo 11-0!!!! Today was the second.

Previously in February Lazio had won the Pro France tournament to raise money for the victims of the 1910 Great Flood of Paris beating Juventus Roma and Roman.

The match

Just before the game the heavens opened and it started raining not only cats and dogs but also most of the rest of the zoo. So, kick-off had to be slightly moved forward and for this reason it was decided to reduce the game to 35 minutes per half as to avoid playing in the dark.

Lazio opened the score with Renato De Censi but Roman equalised immediately after. Luc Jaggi tried to stop the ball from going out but Enzo Casalini and Ignazio Borsarelli pressured him and it was the latter who got the final touch. The Biancocelesti scored again with De Censi towards the end of the first half.

Despite the terrible conditions of the pitch, the Lazio players managed to play well and pass the ball without too many problems and soon made it 3-1 thanks to Sante Ancherani. An Amedeo Coraggio shot deflected by Ernesto De Fiori gave the Biancocelesti the 4-1 followed by two more goals from Ancherani and De Censi taking the total to 6-1.

Who played for Roman

Peroni, De Fiori, Olivieri, Tancredi, Telsener, Coletti, Peratoner, Casalini, Borsarelli, Serena

Who played for Lazio

Jaggi, Levi, Matteucci, Di Napoli, Frère, Angelotti, Coraggio, Cerchia, Ancherani, De Censi, Corelli