sentences:  On 14 July, it was announced that they had been relegated to Serie B with a seven-point penalty for their supposed involvement in match-fixing scandal.The club's appeal was successful and in a judgment released on 25 July, Lazio's penalty was reduced to an 11-point deduction in the following Serie A season (subsequently further reduced to three points) and a 30-point deduction in the previous Serie A season, resulting in the loss of their qualification to the 2006–07 UEFA Cup.Despite a later-reduced points deduction, Lazio achieved a third-place finish in the 2006–07 Serie A, just falling short of breaking the club record for games won in succession; the current squad racked up eight wins in a row, compared to the 2000 "Scudetto"-winning squad which set the record of nine-straight victories.