Gattuso makes Lazio history with sixth win in seven as Juventus slump eight points behind Inter
Gennaro Gattuso has made Serie A history. Sunday's 3-0 win at Juventus made him the first manager in the competition's history to win six of his first seven games in charge of Lazio, with Igor Tudor, Tommaso Maestrelli and Vladimir Petkovic all managing only five wins from their opening seven.
It caps a remarkable start for the Biancocelesti, who have now avoided defeat in each of their first seven matches of a Serie A campaign for the seventh time in their history — though this is the first time they have managed to accumulate six victories at this stage.
Lazio have not won the Scudetto since 1999-00, when Sven-Goran Eriksson was at the helm, but their supporters may be daring to dream this season after arguably their most complete performance of the campaign so far.
Ahead of the trip to Turin, Gattuso had insisted his side would travel "without fear", despite conceding that Juventus were the stronger team. "They are stronger than us, but I want to see a team that trades blow for blow," he said before the game, as reported on 17 October 2026.
Danes join an exclusive club
Lazio were helped on Sunday by Oliver Provstgaard and Gustav Isaksen, whose goals put the visitors in command before Fisayo Dele-Bashiru sealed the rout late on. Before today, Juventus had only once conceded two goals from two different Danish players in a Serie A match — back in October 1949, when Jorgen Leschly Sorensen and Karl Aage Hansen netted for Atalanta.
Pressure builds on Spalletti and Juventus
If Gattuso's outlook is bright, the picture is rather darker for Luciano Spalletti and Juventus. Only two days earlier, on 18 October 2026, Spalletti had come out swinging against what he described as a narrative working against his side: "They want to see us in the quicksand, but we're on the right path," he told Tuttosport.
That path now looks considerably steeper. Juventus were flying high in the Europa League after Thursday's 2-1 comeback victory away to Celta Vigo, but they remain stuttering domestically, with just one win in their previous four Serie A rounds before this defeat. They are already eight points off leaders Inter.
Spalletti was absent from the touchline at the Allianz Stadium, serving a ban following his altercation with Cagliari coach Fabio Pisacane, leaving assistant Marco Domenichini to preside over a chastening afternoon. Juventus did win the expected goals battle, registering 0.78 from nine attempts to Lazio's 0.53 — but, as the scoreline made brutally clear, that counted for nothing.