On November 21, 1999, at the Olimpico in Rome, there is the Capital derbythe last of the millennium. On one side there are Fabio Capello’s Giallorossi, on the other Sven Goran Eriksson’s Lazio. The match is very heartfelt, because the Biancocelesti are first in the standings, while the Giallorossi are fourth, five points behind the leaders. So there is great anticipation, because the Jubilee – like now – is about to come. Nobody knows, but Lazio will become Italian Champions thanks also to the rain in Perugia, Roma will become so in 2001 against Parma.
In any case, the match lasts very little, because Capello’s men are unleashed.Delvecchio opens the ball in the seventh, Montella scores in the eleventh. Two-nil and a plot that is repeated shortly after: Delvecchio in the twenty-sixth minute, Montella in the thirty-first minute. Four-nil and the game on ice, with Lazio only managing to shorten the score with a penalty from Mihajlovic.
ROME-LAZIO 4-1
Markers: 7′ Delvecchio, 11′ Montella, 26′ Delvecchio, 31′ Montella, 52′ Mihajlovic (rig).
ROME
Antonioli, Zago, Aldair, Mangone, Cafu, Zanetti (67′ Di Francesco), Assunção, Candela, Totti (90′ Fabio Junior), Montella, Delvecchio (60′ Tommasi).
Trainer: Capello.
LAZIO
Marchegiani, Negro (47′ Favalli), Nesta, Mihajlovic, Pancaro, Veron, Simeone, Almeyda (60′ Conceição), Nedved, Boksic, Salas (73′ S.Inzaghi). TO
Trainer: Eriksson.