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2021/22 Italian Serie A
Matchday 21
Inter Milan v Lazio
San Siro
Milan, Italy
Sunday, 9 January 2022
Kick-off is at 21h45
Lazio will be hoping to put another dent in Inter Milan's
Serie A title challenge when they do battle at the San Siro on January 9.
Maurizio Sarri's side triumphed in the reverse fixture at the Stadio Olimpico on October 16 when they came from behind to beat Inter 3-1.
The last five league meetings between the two teams sees them boast an equal record, with two wins each and a draw.
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The Nerazzurri ended 2021 with a 1-0 win over Torino and went into the New Year top of the table, which seemed unlikely when Simone Inzaghi was appointed head coach in July.
The 45-year-old is now looking to use that as motivation for the second half of the season.
"I had big hopes when I joined Inter in the summer, then I got to know the players and that reinforced my belief," Inzaghi said.
"It's easy for people to say Inter are a juggernaut now but it's not what they were saying in July. That has to be an incentive for us going forward as there will be lots more hurdles for us to clear.
"We never lost heart, not even when there was a big gap with the top earlier in the season. We're happy with our form but we know there's still a long road ahead and it's full of pitfalls."
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Le Aquile won their final two matches of 2021 and Sarri admitted his first six months at the helm was "a complex journey, full of difficulties." He went on to suggest that the busy schedule made it difficult for him to impart his attacking philosophy on the team.
"The problem is that we haven't had training weeks, we haven't had a normal week since August," the 62-year-old said.
"It becomes difficult, lacking the daily work the work becomes routine. You miss the whole weekly context in which you could trigger a sense of fun in the players. That's modern football."
Head-to-Head (Serie A Meetings)
Matches - 65
Inter Milan - 21
Lazio - 23
Draws - 21
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