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Inter Milan manager Roberto Mancini will be back at one of his former club when his side take on Lazio today.

Lazio need a win to move back into third place but Mancini, who played for them for three years and also managed them for a spell, has never lost to his ex-club.

"They are a dangerous team," said Mancini, who has won once since taking over at Inter again.

"It's true that they have lost five games already but they deserved better in a few of them."

Inter Milan are 11th in Serie A and seven points off third place, which would earn Champions League qualification.

But Inter boss and ex-Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini reckons a top three finish is still within his side's reach going into today's game against fifth-placed Lazio.

Victory will move Inter within three points of tonight's visitors to the San Siro.

"There's a long way to go," says Mancini. "I'm sure we will be fighting for third place till the end and I know we can finish there. Now's not the time to look at the tables. The key is to keep on improving."

Italian Serie A

Before we tuck into that Spanish treat, let's quickly nip over the Mediterranean Sea to Italy where another big match is about to kick off...

Spanish La Liga

The way in which Atletico traded blows with Real Madrid and Barcelona all season - and were eventually left as the last man standing - dumbfounded their critics.

But if they don't win in the Basque Country tonight, then their hopes of retaining the La Liga title could be left on the ropes.

Atletico, who lost the likes of Diego Costa, David Villa and Thibaut Courtois from last season's title-winning side, are already seven points behind leaders Real.

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G'day amigos! If the past 12 months have been "unforgettable" for Real Madrid, then what have they been for Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone and his band of merry men?

Former Argentina skipper Simeone, who famously described his playing style as "like a man with a knife between his teeth", has transformed the fortunes of Los Rojiblancos.

Once, Atletico were Real's downtrodded neighbours. Now they are La Liga champions after ending Spain's monotonous Real and Barca duopoly on a dramatic final day of last season. And they were only denied a maiden Champions League crown by their aristocratic neighbours.

Can they end an extraordinary 2014 on a high? Atletico travel to Athletic Bilbao for their final match before the Spanish winter break.

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If you thought Crocodile Dundee was the only have-a-go hero brave enough to hold a knife between his teeth, think again. Football has its own version.

Swap the Outback for the Calderon, switch Mick Dundee's sidekick 'Donk' for German Burgos, and change Colombian baddies to Spanish football managers.

Then you've got the swashbuckling figure of Diego Simeone.