All easy for Lazio which returns to full sail in the Champions area (it is -1 from fourth place), making a single bite of Salernitana, until a few months ago the club that shared the ownership of Lotito. Two goals in the first half and one in the second half knocked out Stefano Colantuono’s Campania players, who had presented themselves at the Olimpico with the aim of not losing, or in any case of making the Biancoceleste formation play as little as possible. However, it should be noted that Lazio – among the teams of the five major leagues in Europe – together with Inter, never lost at home in 2021.
It takes very little to understand why. The biancocelesti return to the starting eleven, after the turn-over in the Europa League in Marseille. Maurizio Sarri prefers to play it safe and raises Luis Alberto, Zaccagni sees himself on the bench. Salernitana is Ribery: the Frenchman is on the field despite the knee problems of the last few days. The bells start at full speed and try to interrupt the initiatives of the hosts in the bud. Referee Rapuano uses the carrot stick: first he forgives a hand from Di Tacchio, who knocks out Milinkovic-Savic, then pulls the yellow from Gyomber, who puts Luis Alberto down. Same fate for Cataldi who, before ending up in the list of bad guys, has time to send the first conclusion of the match over the crossbar (10 ‘). At 16 ‘Luis Alberto engages Belec. Lazio takes off and takes off in the 31st minute with the usual Immobile who scores 10 / o goals in the league (better than him only Lewandowski of Bayern, at 13, ed). The goal was born from an initiative of Milinkovic-Savic who puts in the center from the right, Pedro corrects for the center forward who bags from close range. Salernitana accuses the blow and Lazio tries to inflict the blow of the knockout on her: she succeeds in the 36th minute, with Pedro, who steals the ball from Gyomber and bags right at the far post. In the final Milinkovic-Savic looks for the trio, but has no luck.
In the second half Colantuono throws Duric into the fray, but it does not serve to interrupt the management of the ball by Lazio, which does not sting, but keeps the opponents away from their own area. The victory of Sarri’s team seems armored. The home team’s ball round seems interminable at times and stuns the opponents who are unable to interrupt it as in the early stages with an aggressive pressing. Lazio makes the final lunge in the 24th minute and closes the match with Luis Alberto, who receives from Felipe Anderson and beats Belec, passing the ball between Gyomber’s legs. In the end, Zaccagni is seen again, who enters for Felipe Anderson, and Immobile touches the brace, stamping the post.
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