Lucas Leiva

Arsenal winger Willian has extended his Premier League record over Lucas Leivaas regards the most appearances made by Brazilians after he made an appearance off the bench during the home game with Manchester United to take his tally to 250 appearances in the competition. Lucas Leiva is no longer a Premier League player after he left Liverpool to join Lazio in the Italian Serie A.

Lucas Leiva made 247 appearances for Liverpool in the English top flight before he made the move to Italy. Willianequalled his record in the recent thumping win over struggling West Bromaway from home. The Gunners were able to beat West Brom 4-0 to take their winning run to three games in the league.

Lazio have a lot of catching up to do on the Italian Serie A table if the capital club wants to secure a spot in the Champions League or the Europa League next season. The capital club has not been consistent in the league this season unlike the last campaign when they were in the conversation for the Scudetto. They pushed champions Juventus all the way in the title race up until the league was suspended in March 2020.

On the resumption of the league, Lazio could not reprise the form shown before the lockdown and they ended up in fourth position at the end of the season. Lazio have continued that post-lockdown form into this season and there are seven better teams as things stand on the table.

Lazio midfielder Lucas Leiva is in line to start the Genoa game in the Italian Serie A this weekend. This is according to recent publication from the stables of Italian media outlet La Lazio SiamoNoi. It was revealed that Lucas Leiva and Francesco Acerbi will start against Genoa after their availability was confirmed during Lazio's training session on Wednesday. Lazio will play Genoa in their first league game of the new year this weekend and the duo of Francesco Acerbi and Lucas Leiva are expected to take their place in the Lazio starting line-up for the game as Lazio attempt to close the gap on the leading pack in the Italian top flight this season.

Brazilian midfielder Lucas Leiva and Italian defender Francesco Acerbi had both been struggling with muscle injuries but they have recovered to take their place in the Lazio squad for the Genoa game in what's some sort of good news for Lazio manager Simone Inzaghi who would be without a lot of his players for the first game of the year. The trio of Marco Parolo, Mohamed Fares and Joaquin Correa were all missing in the Lazio training on Wednesday as they continue to recuperate from their respective injuries.

Lazio midfielder Lucas Leiva is thrilled to be part of the team that made Champions League history on Tuesday night following their Group F meeting with Belgian team Club Brugge. The game was the final one in their group and Lazio needed at least a draw to secure their place in the last 16 of the Champions League. In the end, they got the draw they needed at home to the Belgians after a 2-2 draw with the opposition who finished the game with a man down.
Ex-Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva expressed his delight at the Champions League feat achieved by his team during his post-match reaction to the Club Brugge match. His post-match comments were revealed by Italian outlet La Lazio SiamoNoi. According to him, the feat of Lazio qualifying for the Champions League knockout stage for the first time in 20 years is a medal for the current squad.

Lazio were not at their best during the Champions League home game with 10-man Club Brugge but they were still able to get the result needed. Club Brugge had Eduard Sobol sent off towards the end of the first half after two yellow cards. Ukrainian defender Sobol is on loan at Club Brugge from Shakthar Donetsk FC of Ukraine. At that point, Lazio were 2-1 ahead of their opponents. Lazio took the lead through Joaquin Correa on 12 minutes before Dutch midfielder Ruud Vormerequalised for Club Brugge three minutes down the line.

Merseyside outfit Liverpool Football Club have decided to part ways with their old-time training ground Melwood ahead of a switch to Kirkby, their new facility.

The Reds have made use of the Melwood ground which is located in West Derby since as long as the early 1950s. The ground is one that is held close to the heart of a couple of former players that have donned the Liverpool shirt in the past.

Ghanaian football legend Michael Essien has named the best manager he had during his illustrious football career. In a chat with TalkSport earlier this month, the former Blues midfielder talked about the manager he enjoyed playing for the most.

Michael Essien churned out impressive performances for some of the best managers in the world during his playing career before he took the role of a player/coachat Danish topflight club Nordsjaellandearlier this year. The 37-year-old was previously at Azerbaijani club Sabailfor the whole of last season

Lazio is the team that is capable of taking away the Serie A title from Juventus. The club will be able to win the title after waiting for it nearly two decades. They are currently on the second position of the table with 62 points and their match on Wednesday is important on their streak to the title. With the loss, they will be unable to bring out the pressure in Juventus.

The match against Atlanta on Wednesday is their first match after the three-month-long break from coronavirus and their last match was on February 29.
Lazio President Claudio Lotito has been looking forward to different ways to motivate the team. He has designed the shirts of the team is similar to the ones in 2000 the year which they won the Serie A title. This is one of the best chances that Lazio has got after nearly twenty years of waiting for the title.

Lucas Leiva walked in the same path as Jordan Henderson but walked out of without the glory of the title win. Liverpool has one of the best fanbases who has supported them throughout all these years. But sometimes the fans could have certain dislike towards some players. Jordan Henderson and Lucas Leiva are the players who belonged to this category.

Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti is looking forward to sign Lazio striker Ciro Immobile to their team in the upcoming transfer window. The player has been exceptional in the season by scoring 34 goals by appearing in 35 games. He is ahead of Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo for three goals and the club has a few matches left to play in the current season of Serie A.

Lazio sporting director Igli Tare has confirmed that the club failed with an attempt to sign Olivier Giroud during the last transfer window. The France international was fancied to leave the Blues at the midway stage of the campaign due to the lack of first-team football but he eventually stayed put with the west London giants.