Napoli Vs. Lazio: Andre Dias Scores To Give Lazio A 2-0 Cushion

So much for Napoli’s scudetto challenge, here. Andre Dias has scored his second goal of the season to put Lazio up 2-0 at the San Paolo. A free kick from Javier Garrido floated into the box and Dias was able to get away from his marker, who looked to be Marek Hamsik, to head the ball into the back of the net. Morgan De Sanctis executed a fantastic back bend in an attempt to keep the ball out of the back of the net, but the Napoli keeper couldn’t even get a hand on it. Down by two, it certainly appears the partenopei title challenge is over.

In an attempt to score just a goal -- just one -- Walter Mazzarri has taken off midfielder Michele Pazienza and replaced him with Giuseppe Mascara, giving Napoli four forwards. Given that Pazienza doesn’t actually do much in the way of defending (or much of anything, really), Napoli won’t miss much in terms of keeping Lazio from scoring.