Lazio almost through to the final

Simon Basten
Mar 2, 2024
2 min read

Updated: Mar 9

Season 1912-13

Game 1, First Category National League, Centre-South Semifinal, First Leg

Sunday, March 2, 1913

Poligono di Tiro Bastia, Livorno

Virtus Juventusque Lazio 1-3

Thanks to a great second half, the Biancocelesti have more than a foot in the centre-south final

The season so far

The 1912-13 season was, as they usually were in the early Italian championships, again divided between North and Centre-South. In the north there were three inter-regional groups with the first two qualifying for the semi-final group. In the centre-south there were also three regional groups: the winner of the Tuscany group would go on to play the winner of the Lazio group in a first semi-final; the two Neapolitan teams played the second semi-final. The winner of this final then had to play against the winner of Northern championship for the scudetto.

Lazio dominated their group winning 8 games and drawing 2. They now had to face Virtus Juventusque.

The match

In the first half, the Lazio players were caught off guard by the lively play of the Livorno side and displayed a sluggish and uncertain performance. The half in fact ended with Virtus leading 1–0, thanks to a Baroncelli goal in the 20th minute.

In the second half, the Biancocelesti found greater cohesion and managed to score three goals, one of them from a penalty, with Fernando Saraceni I in the 50th minute, Amedeo Coraggio (55th) and Giuseppe Fioranti (60th).

In the end, they proved to be clearly superior to the Livorno side.

Who played for Virtus Juventusque

Zaccagnini, Bartolotti, Carraresi, Casella II, Benedetti, Ciampi, Baroncelli, Casella I, Montanari, Piccina, Bianchi

Who played for Lazio

Levi I, Branca, Levi II, Di Napoli I, Faccani, Fioranti, Coraggio, Saraceni I, Consiglio, Folpini, Corelli