Sampdoria 2-1 Lazio

Emiliano Viviano saved a first-half penalty as Sampdoria rallied from behind to beat Lazio 2-1 and reach 40 points for the Serie A season.

Filip Djordjevic's third-minute strike meant Samp faced an uphill battle to win at their own Stadio Luigi Ferraris and Fernando made life easier for them by equalising in the 20th minute.

Lazio won a penalty just before half-time but Antonio Candreva was denied by Viviano, the former Arsenal goalkeeper.

In the 79th minute Modibo Diakite was in the right place at the right time to divert the ball past Federico Marchetti when Matias Silvestre took aim.

Lazio striker Miroslav Klose, 37, eyes retirement on verge of 40th birthday

Lazio striker Miroslav Klose is 37, but has no plans to call time on his career.

Miroslav Klose says he has no intention of hanging up his boots at the end of the season, insisting he has another two years left in him.

The German striker, 37, is out of contract at Lazio at the end of the current campaign and has yet to score for the Biancocelesti this season.

It is not yet clear whether the club are going to offer him an extension, but Klose wants to carry on regardless.

"I'm pleased that I chose Lazio five years ago, because I've got to know these teammates and the affection of these fans, who have always been close to us -- albeit a bit less so this season," he said at an awards ceremony in Rome. "If my health allows it, then I want to play on for another two years."

That would take Klose right up to his 40th birthday, and he is still hungry to win something before he calls it a day.

German international Klose left the Bundesliga five years ago to join Lazio.

The one goal the former Kaiserslautern, Werder Bremen and Bayern Munich forward has scored this season came in the Europa League, and Lazio head into their round-of-16 clash with Sparta Prague on Thursday still in the hunt for that competition -- one which the World Cup winner has never won before at any of his previous clubs.

"I think we've got the quality to win it," Klose said. "We just have to show that on the field. The team's giving everything in training, but the important thing is we show this in the matches that matter."

Lazio are effectively out of the running for qualification for Europe next seasonvia Serie A.

With ten games of the season remaining they are in eighth place, nine points adrift of AC Milan in sixth -- the last berth which would grant access to the Europa League if the Rossoneri do not win the Coppa Italia.

Lazio fight back to earn share of spoils at Bologna

Lazio fought back from two goals down to salvage a 2-2 draw at Bologna in Serie A.

Emanuele Giaccherini's long-range free-kick got Bologna up and running inside two minutes and Mattia Destro doubled the hosts' lead when beating the offside trap after 18 minutes at the Dall'Ara.

The tide turned against Roberto Donadoni's side when they lost Adam Masina to a red card in the 69th minute, with Antonio Candreva converting the subsequent penalty.

Lazio scented blood and Senad Lulic grabbed a share of the spoils with 13 minutes remaining.

The point nudges Lazio into ninth place while Bologna remain 15th.

Lazio give Ravel Morrison Europa League chance at Rosenborg

Ravel Morrison will get a chance to prove his worth to Lazio coach Silvio Pioli against Rosenborg in the Europa League on Thursday.Morrison, 22, has featured only three times in Serie A since arriving on a free transfer in the summer, getting just over 50 minutes of action.Last month, the former Manchester United and West Ham midfielder hinted at a January moved on Twitter.Pioli, meanwhile, criticised him for not learning Italian or getting to grips with his tactics.

But with the manager's focus on Sunday's city derby against Roma in Serie A, he is resting many first team regulars for the trip to Norway.

That hands Morrison his chance, and Pioli told a news conference on Wednesday: "It could be his night.

"He's training well and is getting more and more used to our team's way of playing, and tomorrow could be his chance."

Pioli has left Marco Parolo and Felipe Anderson behind in Rome and is also without defender Stefan De Vrij, whose absence will stretch into 2016.

"Lazio announces that Stefan De Vrij underwent surgery in Antwerp on a femoral micro-fracture and a lateral arthroscope of the left knee," a statement on the club's official website said.

It confirmed that the Dutch defender will be out "for approximately six months."

Lazio, with two Europa League wins and a draw to their name so far, would need just a point from their remaining two games to reach the knockout phase of the tournament if they beat Rosenborg.

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Roma dump Lazio late to secure Champions League group stage place

Roma booked their place in the group stage of next season's Champions League with a dramatic 2-1 derby win over Lazio on Monday.

Juan Manuel Iturbe put the nominal visitors ahead at the Stadio Olimpico, but Filip Djordjevic levelled for the hosts, who needed a win to move above their biggest rivals.

A header from Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa two minutes later decided the derby in Roma's favour and put them into the Champions League, leaving Lazio with a thrilling final to come next weekend when they head to Napoli.

They need to avoid defeat there to secure third, but losing would see Napoli move above them on the final day of the season and relegate Lazio to the Europa League.

With Lazio needing a win to move ahead of Roma and lead the race for a place in the Champions League going into the final weekend, it was inevitable that they showed more desire to get the points.

Roma, meanwhile, needed just a point to remain ahead on that race and a win to secure second with a game to spare and their initial focus was on defending.

Antonio Candreva created the first moment of danger when he got round the back of the Roma defence and sent in a low cross which was blocked and nearly fell for Miroslav Klose just in front of goal.

Another cross from Candreva was headed wide of the far post from just five yards out by the German striker, who was as stunned as most of the Stadio Olimpico that the ball had not hit the back of the net.

Roma changed their approach in the second half with a draw no longer seeming to be their aim, and the game opened up.

Victor Ibarbo sent a shot wide which seemed as easy as Klose's chance before Alessandro Florenzi had an effort deflected wide.

It was Roma's turn to dominate the derby and they took the lead in the 73rd minute with Iturbe finishing off an excellent team move.

Radja Nainggolan slipped the ball through to Ibarbo, who did not bring the ball under control, but that actually favoured him as it made room for a low cross which Iturbe met six yards out to poke in.

Lazio were forced to respond to chase their Champions League dream and it was not long before they levelled.

Felipe Anderson's cross was headed back across goal intelligently by Klose and Djordjevic just had to make contact with his head to bring the hosts level.

Roma this time did not sit back and settle for the draw the way they had done at the start of the game and a free-kick saw them regain the lead with just five minutes remaining.

Yanga-Mbiwa's flicked header guided the ball into the far corner of Federico Marchetti's goal to earn the Giallorossi their win and place in the Champions League next season.

Miroslav Klose nets twice as Lazio hammer Fiorentina

Lazio moved up to third in Serie A on Monday night with an impressive 4-0 win over a Fiorentina side who trailed them by just a point coming into this Stadio Olimpico clash.

Miroslav Klose was on target twice for the Biancocelesti, who threw their hat into the ring for a place in the Champions League next season.

Lucas Biglia and Antonio Candreva had already paved the way for a victory against a side who looked a shadow of the one which won 2-1 at Juventus in the Coppa Italia last Thursday.

Lazio made a flying start with a goal after only five minutes, Biglia beating Neto with his shot from outside the penalty area.

It was a sign of things to come, even though Lazio had to wait almost an hour before they doubled their lead.

Klose wasted a good chance with only Neto to beat while Biglia went close with another distance effort.

Neto came to Fiorentina's rescue again early in the second half - before a foul by Nenad Tomovic on Felipe Anderson - as he cut inside the penalty area and gave Candreva the chance to send Neto the wrong way from the penalty spot, as he duly did.

Ten minutes passed before Klose finally got his name on the scoresheet to underline Lazio's supremacy, nodding in from close range after Neto parried Candreva's shot.

The German World Cup winner added his second and Lazio's fourth 10 minutes later, once again showing his predatory instinct when Neto only parried a shot from Keita to score at the second attempt for his fifth goal in the last seven 

Felipe Anderson's brace leads Lazio to victory at Torino

Lazio exerted some pressure on city rivals Roma with a 2-0 win at Torino which has the Biancocelesti breathing down the necks of the Giallorossi.

Felipe Anderson scored two goals in seven minutes to earn Stefano Pioli's men a win which gives them a three-point cushion over Napoli in the hunt for the third Champions League berth on offer to Serie A.

However, thanks to a run of five wins in a row, Lazio may now fancy their 

chances of overtaking Roma some time between now and when they meet for what could be a decisive derby on the penultimate weekend of the season.

Having seen their 12-game unbeaten run ended by Udinese last weekend, Torino were keen not to lose a third game in a week having also gone down 3-1 at Zenit St Petersburg in the Europa League on Thursday.

They made a promising start at the Stadio Olimpico with Amauri, preferred to Fabio Quagliarella in the Granata attack, testing Federico Marchetti with a header.

The Lazio goalkeeper made a save, but only played the ball up for Josef Martinez, whose header missed the right-hand post.

That proved to be the best chance of the first half and, ultimately, Torino's biggest opportunity of the game.

As time wore on, the home team started to show the strain of their trip to Russia and Lazio started to gain the upper hand.

The heavy pitch caused by the relentless rain did not help Torino's tired legs, but it did not cause any problems for Felipe Anderson who took matters into his own hands, skipping past three Torino defenders before placing his shot low into the bottom left-hand corner in the 71st minute.

It was Anderson who added the second seven minutes later, tucking Miroslav Klose's throughball past Daniele Padelli, who could only deflect the ball into the far corner of his own goal.

Amauri did go close with another header, but the stuffing had been knocked out of Torino, who will look to bounce back in their Europa League return against Zenit on Thursday.