On the first matchday of serie 35, there were two consecutive goal battles in just 6 hours, after Napoli beat Sassuolo 6-1, Lazio reversed Spezia 4-3 away from home, and fans were hooked.
Facing Empoli in the last round, Napoli, with a 2-0 lead, conceded three goals in the last seven minutes and was defeated 3-2, basically withdrawing from the Serie A title race. In this round, Napoli took Sassuolo at home and took a 4-0 lead in the first 21 minutes of the first half, setting a record in team history. In the second half, the two sides contributed three more goals, and finally Napoli beat Sassuolo 6-1, ending the three-round winless.
Six hours after Napoli's 6-1 win over Sassuolo, Lazio also scored a seven-goal clash against Spezia. Lazio and Spezia's seven-goal match is an epic series A battle. Lazio stubbornly equalised after falling behind three times, and finally with the killer goal scored by defender Arcebi in the 90th minute, the Blue Eagles were pleasantly surprised to win 4-3.
A 4-3 miraculous reversal of Spezia, allowing Lazio to terminate the two-game winless run. They temporarily overtook Roma to reach Serie A 5th place with one more match, which put pressure on Roma manager Jose Mourinho.
On the same night, there were also two seven-goal clashes in the Bundesliga, 3-4 at home to Bochum and 3-4 to Freiburg Hoffenheim.