Crazy start of the game at Castellani, with a question and answer within 6 minutes that immediately ignites the match. Bandinelli opens the dance, who scores his first goal in Serie A from left-handed, responds shortly after Milinkovic who heads ahead of the goalkeeper on Felipe Anderson’s cross. Andreazzoli’s team plays well, touching a couple of times the new advantage first with Mancuso then again with Bandinelli (outside post), but just after the half hour is the Lazio that strikes, overturning the result: Milinkovic invents for Lazzari, that puts the turbo and once in the area guesses the diagonal that is worth the 2-1. At 40 ‘Sarri’s team makes 3-1 and stretches: Vicario landslide on Acerbi in the penalty area, the referee assigns the penalty and Immobile makes no mistake, displacing the same blue goalkeeper.
Upon returning from the interval, Empoli tries to get back into the game and in the 55th minute builds a sensational double chance: Bandinelli is blocked by Reina, on the rejected instead Bajrami kicks with power finding the providential deviation of Luiz Felipe on the line. As the minutes go by, the challenge loses intensity, the rhythms drop and the emotions decrease. Lazio defends the double advantage well, is saved in the final by a crossbar on Bajrami’s right and takes their first win of the season.
Maurizio Sarri’s Lazio started the season on the right foot, immediately taking three points at Empoli in the first league game. 3-1 success in comeback for the biancocelesti, who after the advantage of Bandinelli, overturn everything with Milinkovic, Lazzari and Immobile already before the interval. The return to Serie A of the Tuscans coached by Andreazzoli was bitter, and despite a very good performance they left the field empty-handed.