Last campaign, the two sides locked horns in a tense battle for fourth place. Whoever won that game would end up with a coveted spot in the Champions League, and the loser would have to settle for Europa League football for the next term.
Inter came out on top in a five-goal thriller that saw plenty of fireworks on the pitch whilst Lazio had to contend themselves with competing in Europe’s second tier competition for another campaign, and flash-forward five months later, and these two sides are set to match wits once again.
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Both teams come into this game in solid form domestically, with Inter having won their last five Serie A games, whilst Lazio have picked up 12 points out of a possible recent 15.Yet although the Aquile earned a successful result from their European fixture by beating Marseille 3-1 on the road, the same cannot be said for the Nerazzurri, whose perfect run in the Champions League came to an abrupt end at the hands of a Barcelona side sans Lionel Messi in their ranks.