Lazio suffered yet another pre-season beating, as they were thumped 3-0 by Bundesliga side Mainz 05.
The Aquile lost their fourth consecutive friendly, so confidence is shaky ahead of their Italian Super Cup clash with Juventus in Shanghai on August 8.
Antonio Candreva drilled well wide and Felipe Anderson burst into the box on a Miroslav Klose assist, only to fire straight at the goalkeeper’s legs.
Marco Parolo’s header whistled wide and a Felipe Anderson volley skimmed the top corner.
Lazio suffered yet another pre-season beating, as they were thumped 3-0 by Bundesliga side Mainz 05.
The Aquile lost their fourth consecutive friendly, so confidence is shaky ahead of their Italian Super Cup clash with Juventus in Shanghai on August 8.
Antonio Candreva drilled well wide and Felipe Anderson burst into the box on a Miroslav Klose assist, only to fire straight at the goalkeeper’s legs.
Marco Parolo’s header whistled wide and a Felipe Anderson volley skimmed the top corner.
However, Mainz broke the deadlock when Yoshinori Muto caught the Lazio defence napping down the right and set up Yunus Malli for an inevitable tap-in.
Loris Karius was decisive to prevent Klose nodding in a Felipe Anderson cross on the stroke of half-time.
Stefano Pioli only made two changes at the break, but the game went downhill fast. Christian Clemens crossed from the left for Jairo Samperio, who scored with the aid of a deflection off Mauricio.
Pierre Bengtsson blasted over from close range and Lucas Biglia made his pre-season debut, immediately firing inches wide from outside the penalty area.
The Lazio defence was utterly static on the third goal, which saw Bengtsson set up Clemens to tap in off his thigh.
Mainz 3-0 Lazio
Scorers: Malli 43 (M), Jairo Samperio 49 (M), Clemens 69 (M)
Mainz: Karius (Zentner 77); Brosinski, Bell, Balogun (Sereno 77), Joo-Ho Park (Latza 58); Clemens (Moritz 70), F Frei (Serdar 77); Baumgartlinger (Nedelev 58), Jairo Samperio (Koo 70), Malli (Bengtsson 58); Muto (Beister 70)
Lazio: Marchetti; Mauricio, Gentiletti, Hoedt; Basta (Patric 86), Onazi (Biglia 62), Parolo (Cataldi 46), Lulic; Candreva (Perea 86), Klose (Keita 46), Felipe Anderson (Oikonomidis 86)