Immobile stars for Lazio; Napoli on top in Serie A
milan — Lazio forward Ciro Immobile netted four goals in a 5-2 drubbing of SPAL on Saturday while a routine 2-0 win at home to Verona kept Napoli top of Serie A.
Torino’s new coach Walter Mazzarri enjoyed a winning start with a 3-0 win over Bologna, who missed a penalty when the score was 1-1, and AC Milan scraped past Crotone 1-0 with the help of a goalkeeping mistake.
Meanwhile, bottom club Benevento made it two in a row by beating Sampdoria 3-2.
Napoli, aiming to stop Juventus’ run of six successive titles, lead with 51 points from 20 games while Juve are second with 47 ahead of their visit to Cagliari later on in the day.
Maurizio Sarri’s side needed 65 minutes to break down stubborn Verona before Kalidou Koulibaly headed in from a corner and Jose Callejon volleyed home Lorenzo Insigne’s cross.
Immobile took his tally to 20 in the league with his haul against SPAL. Luis Alberto got Lazio off the mark in the fifth minute, wriggling through the defence to score a brilliant individual goal, before Mirko Antenucci levelled with a penalty three minutes later.
Antenucci also scored SPAL’s other goal in the 31st minute.
Lorenzo De Silvestri headed Torino in front in the 38th minute, as Mazzarri took his place on the bench 48 hours after replacing the sacked Sinisa Mihajlovic, before a controversial start to the second half. —