Honours even in Inzaghi derby

Simone Inzaghi's Lazio dropped more points as his brother Filippo's Benevento frustrated their visitors to Campania in a 1-1 draw in Serie A on Tuesday.

Lazio raced into a first-half lead through a familiar source in Ciro Immobile and the Lazio forward will not score many better goals than his 25th-minute volley.

However, Pasquale Schiattarella's strike on the stroke of halftime, another well-taken volley, levelled the scores.

This was only the second meeting between the Inzaghi brothers as coaches. Simone won the previous encounter, when Lazio beat Bologna, then coached by Filippo, in December 2018. Filippo and Simone are incredibly close and talk at least once a day, so how did they handle the build-up to this match?

"It was a strange game, an emotional evening to play against my brother's team, the side I usually cheer on as their Number One Fan. I found a photograph today of me and Simone in Piacenza at the stadium with a cushion from the arena.

"I had to put it all to one side and focus only on the game for 90 minutes, try to put it out of my mind," confessed Filippo. "It's odd too for our parents, his children, my nephews, but it's the essence of football, being opponents for 90 minutes. We'll have to go through it all again in four months.

"It was really weird last night, as we spoke on the phone at about midnight, the way we usually do. We tend to chat about how the players are going, what we're planning tactically, but obviously we had to steer clear of all that! It was a tricky conversation to have.