Brazilian midfielder Lucas Leiva has played for just three clubs throughout his lengthy professional football career including present team Lazio in the Italian Serie A. Apart from the Italian capital club, Lucas Leiva has also played for Gremio in his native Brazil and Premier League giants Liverpool.
Lazio have identified the man to replace the ageing Lucas Leivaat the club according to the publication from La Gazzettadello Sport.
The Italian newspaper revealed that Spezia midfielder Matteo Ricci has been penciled down at Lazio as a potential replacement for Lucas Leiva. Ricci has been one of the best players for VicenzoItaliano's side in the Italian Serie A. He is a key part of the Spezia team in the Italian Serie A this season.
Brazilian international Lucas Leiva was part of the Lazio squad that secured a late win in a tricky league game at Hellas Verona to keep their Champions League hopes alive.
Lazio midfielder Lucas Leiva rose to national team prominence when he captained the Brazilian u-20 team to win the 2007 edition of the South American Youth tournament. Lucas Leiva scored four goals during the team and was in line to lead his country to the 2007 FIFA u-20 World Cup in Canada until injury forced him to pull out of the squad. The ex-Liverpool defensive midfielder was named in the Brazilian squad for the first time ahead of the friendlies against Al-Kuwait FC of Kuwait and Ecuador in October 2006 as one of the two non-Europe based players.
Lazio are back to winning ways after a poor run of three defeats in all competitions following the 3-2 win at home to bottom club Crotone on Friday night. The Italian capital club had suffered two league defeats and one Champions League losson the bounce before the Crotone game, which ended in a five-goal salvo. Lazio were able to end on the right side of the thriller to claim three valuable points in their chase for a place in the Champions League next season.
Lazio midfielder Lucas Leiva was in the starting XI as the Italian capital club returned to winning ways in the league after the defeat to Inter Milan in their penultimate league game. Lucas Leiva was a regular feature in the Lazio starting XI as they went on a run of six straight wins in the Italian Serie A to boost their hopes of securing a place in the Champions League next season. The target for Lazio and manager Simone Inzaghi is a Champions League spot at least having tasted Champions League football for the first time in many years this season.
While Lucas Leiva may not immediately strike to mind as a world-class player, there is no doing in the fact that he was always a great player on his day. Leiva was a very important player for Liverpool and cemented himself in the starting XI after initially being signed to play a bit-part role in the squad. His performances did not go unnoticed and he has now been recognized as the 14h best Brazilian player to play in England's topflight.
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.
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.
