(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 13 - Lazio beat Ajax 3-1 in Amsterdam on Thursday to remain top of the UEFA Europa League standings thanks to goals by Loum Tchaouna, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru and veteran Spanish winger Pedro.
    The Rome side have 16 points from six games and are ahead of second-placed Athletic Bilbao on goal difference.
    Thursday's win also ensured that Lazio will qualify for the knock-out stage of the competition and, with two games to go, it puts them in a strong position to finish in the top eight and go through directly to the last 16.
    Roma, meanwhile, continued their good form under new coach Claudio Ranieri, thumping Braga 3-0 at home.
    They are 14th in the table with nine points.
    In the Conference League Fiorentina, the defeated finalists for the last two seasons, thrashed Austria's LASK Linz 7-0 to book their ticket for the knockout stages. (ANSA).