With a stoppage-time header in Saturday's 1-0 victory against Juventus, Adam Marusic gave Lazio a late advantage. Meanwhile, Napoli's prospects of qualifying for the Champions League were severely damaged after a 3-0 home loss to Atalanta. In the third minute of extra time at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Marusic hammered home Matteo Guendouzi's beautiful inswinging cross to secure victory in Igor Tudor's first game as Lazio's coach.
With the first goal of the season, the Montenegro defender moved Lazio up to seventh place, one point above Napoli and eight points behind Bologna, who now hold the last Champions League position. Third-place Juventus is firmly mired in a rut following their defeat in the Italian city, which sent them back into a fight for a Champions League ticket after four games without a victory. Just seven points have been gained by Massimiliano Allegri's team from their previous nine games, and Saturday's performance was just one more in a long string of lackluster performances.