Lazio striker Tommaso Rocchi says they must qualify for Europe this season - or the campaign will be regarded as a disaster.

"We believe in qualifying for the UEFA Cup and can still do it," Rocchi explained. "This remains our objective because without the UEFA Cup our season would be failure, wouldn't it?

"It's a difficult period at the moment, even luck hasn't helped us. We can get out of it with a positive result, with a victory, hopefully by not playing well, but the important thing is to get three points."