Lazio Win Dramatic Title as Juventus Lose
ROME, May 14 (Reuters)(DS) - Lazio won the Italian league title on Sunday after Juventus lost 1-0 at Perugia on an astonishing final day of the season. Lazio beat Reggina 3-0 at the Olympic Stadium in a match delayed by about 10 minutes due to a largely peaceful pitch invasion by around 500 Lazio fans.
But the real drama was at Perugia, where the match was delayed for over an hour at halftime due to a torrential downpour which threatened to force referee Pierluigi Collina to abandon it altogether. Four minutes after the match did restart, Juve fell behind to a goal from Massimiliano Cappioli. They then had Gianluca Zambrotta sent off in the 73rd and slumped to only their fifth defeat of the season.
That left Lazio on top of the league on 72 points from Juventus on 71. Juve had led the championship for the previous 13 weeks and held a nine-point lead just two months ago. Lazio's title was their first since 1974 and only the second in their 100-year history.
