Lazio manager Edoardo Reja has said that his side's hopes of qualifying for the Europa League next season have ended.
The Biancocelesti suffered a 4-1 defeat by Inter Milan on Saturday evening and would now require an unlikely set of results for them to finish inside the top six.
"It was a good performance with many scoring opportunities, it's just that we didn't make the most of them," Reja told Sky Sport Italia. "We also conceded too many, as we didn't close off the corridors we knew that they would try to go down.
"In the second half Samir Handanovic was Man of the Match, as he made four or five decisive saves. Clearly Inter were waiting for us to come forward and then go on the counter-attack.
"Now we have abandoned these dreams of the Europa League, but considering the circumstances we were in this season and this evening it was a tough one."
Lazio are currently 10th in the Serie A table.
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