P.S: I was gonna put another video, but instead I am hoping
Dogen will take over and explain what this meant, the scoring run Simeone had until the end of the season because my attempt would be rather poor compared to his take. In two days' time I'll post another video
This is a dangerous and potentially addictive thread, but, especially after having to endure Inter-Chievo and this battle for the CL spots in general, I'll gladly take advantage of your assist to score a free tap-in and indulge in nostalgia (using my Itanglish). Also, I don't know if I missed a mention or two in other threads, since there are no tags or notifications when someone quotes you.
I'd say “pivotal” is the best adjective to describe that Juventus-Lazio 1999/2000, which instilled belief in the Biancocelesti.
Simeone had already learned who he was up against from his two seasons with us (the memory was still fresh), so he was fully motivated to put his massive huevos in the title chase, as he actually did in the last games.
Starting in Turin, where Veron drew that assist with a compass.
Add to the mix some world class/great/good players who had to make up for the cruel disappointment of the previous season, when they gifted Milan the scudetto (sigh), and the result was a team on a mission until the final day, even if they stumbled for a moment on Fiorentina, of all opponents, and probably experienced flashbacks from 1998/99 (a season in which, by the way, the Viola looked like they could try and challenge for the league, before “winter came”: il Re Leone Batistuta dramatically collapsed to the ground holding his thigh after chasing a long ball in Fiorentina-Milan 0-0 and O Animal Edmundo couldn't resist the Carnival temptations in Rio... but that's another story).
On a parallel note about 1999/2000, I remember I was hoping, with adolescent ingenuity, we could get back to the Scudetto race in Spring, despite injuries and absences, but it all ended with Lazio-Inter, when the Biancocelesti snatched a draw with a late and controversial comeback (there was a foul/offside/something like that on the equalizer).
After that game, there were only a nightmarish Coppa Italia night and a magical playoff night (for us and whoever loves football) left before the annus horribilis, already foreshadowed by the post-game interviews in Verona.
Anyway, Juventus ran out of gas, robbed Parma among the others (at least they did us a favour in hindsight) but still blew their lead in spectacular fashion: first “la Fatal Verona” (Juventus version) and then “la Fatal Perugia” (Serie A original) in a neverending but delightful afternoon.
Moral of the story, going further: when Eupalla couldn't stop the Bianconeri and their evil system, higher powers came to the rescue back-to-back, for Lazio and Roma (a divine downpour and, one year later, the Great Jubilee and smart bureaucratic work from La Capitale): from the head and balls of El Cholo to the foot and finesse of the exquisite player that was Nakata (allowed to play and score that curved shot to make it 2-2 in Turin).
And the Japanese had already showed in his historic Serie A debut that he wasn't intimidated by Juventus, when he almost led Perugia to what would have been a crazy comeback against the Bianconeri. Grande Hidetoshi, but also his robotic translator with broken Italian and the gift of synthesis (immortalized by the satirical football tv program “Mai Dire Gol”).
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I read he still had problems with Baggio, because Baggio did not want to snitch to Lippi during their time together in JuBe. 
