GENOA. A two-faced Lazio wins on the Sampdoria field by 3-1 and earns 3 important points, which allow them to reach Roma in sixth place at 25. Sampdoria remains at 15, in 15th place. But Sarri cannot be calm for a second half faced too much by his team, after closing the first half 3-0 with Milinkovic-Savic’s goal in the 6 ‘and Immobile’s brace in the 16’ and 36 ‘. In the second half, almost only the home team played and if they did not recover it was also due to a bit of bad luck and a great Strakosha. Only at 88 ‘, too late, Gabbiadini’s goal. Several changes in Lazio after the 4-4 home match against Udinese.
Among the poles Strakosha preferred to Reina. In Samp Caputo starts from the bench, in attack space for Gabbiadini alongside Quagliarella. The Sampdoria start forward, but Lazio are not surprised in the first minutes and take measures against their opponents. So much so that already at 6 ‘Zaccagni with great intuition and lucidity puts the ball on the feet of Milinkovic Savic who, a few meters from the goal, cannot make mistakes. The guests take the lead at the first real lunge after a good start in Sampdoria. The home team, anything but demoralized, resumes its offensive game, but Lazio controls without too much trouble. Among the most determined among his team is the former Candreva, who plays too hard and is in fact the first to take the yellow, at 14 ‘. Shortly after, at 16 ‘, a loose ball in the Sampdoria area, once again put in the middle by Zaccagni, was transformed into a goal by the usual Immobile. 2-0, and the road for D’Aversa’s men is already tough after a quarter of an hour. The Sampdoria are struggling to recover, they try some offensive action but now Lazio is playing the game. At 33 ‘Audero is very good at parrying a great header from Immobile.
The brace for him is only postponed, and arrives in the 36th minute: an assist from Milinkovic Savic and a cross shot that strikes Audero. Now Sampdoria is dazed and even its best men fail to make an impact, while the Biancocelesti are dangerous every time they appear in the opposing half, especially with Zaccagni, author of an amazing first half, with two assists. In the second half D’Aversa immediately tries the Caputo card, on the field instead of Quagliarella. Dragusin and Silva also enter in place of Ferrari and Verre. In Lazio Sarri inserts Muriqi in place of a bruised building. Sampdoria immediately tries to pour forward, but Lazio controls. At the beginning of the second half, however, Sampdoria plays the game, without ever becoming really dangerous. In the 53rd minute, the first real jolt with a great header by Dragusin, which ends just to the side of the goal defended by Strakosha. A minute later, still with the head, it is Caputo who commits Strakosha, who however blocks. Sampdoria is now pressing and seems determined to try to shorten the gap. Lazio only showed themselves in the opposing area in the 60th minute, but without being able to sink the blow.
But it is Sampdoria to keep the ball in the game and a tile on the biancocelesti is the expulsion of Milinkovic Savic for a double yellow card in the 67th minute. Sarri redesigns the team with 4-4-1. At 71 ‘the Sampdoria protest an alleged foul suffered in the area by Candreva, but Fabbri, who is within walking distance, says he will play. Sarri gives a little rest in the 77th minute to Zaccagni, one of the best of his, replacing him with Lazzari. At 81 ‘the clearest opportunity for Sampdoria with a great header by Yoshida who collects Candreva’s cross from a free kick: the ball ends just a little high. At 88 ‘Gabbiadini manages to score with a good assist from Ciervo, who has just entered. A minute later Ekdal nearly doubled that would have reopened the game making the last minutes incandescent. At 93 ‘still Strakosha opposes Gabbiadini to the great. But for the Sampdoria it’s too late: Lazio get the 3 points, for Sampdoria now the head is already in the derby, where they will have to do something more.