Duel valid for the 21st round was in Turin. Home team misses many chances, sees rival win 2-0 and jump to 7th place in the table
Photo: Disclosure / Lazio – Caption: Immobile asks for the ball during the game in which Lazio won 2-0 in Torino / Jogada10
This Thursday (22/2), in a postponed game from the 21st round of the Italian Championship, Lazio went to Turin and, at the Olympic Stadium, defeated Torino 2-0. The home team created many opportunities, but were ineffective . After all, of his 122 shots, none went in. The Rome team finished seven times and two of them were in the net. Ghendouzi and Cataldi scored the goals in the final stage.
With the victory, Lazio reaches 40 points, in seventh place and five points behind first within the European league zone. But Torino, after suffering a defeat at home to its rival from Rome, stopped at 36 points, in tenth place.
Torino fails to finish
Torino ruled the field for 52 minutes. From the opening whistle until seven minutes into the final stage, they had seven clear chances, against none from Lazio, who had a little more possession of the ball (52%) but didn’t shoot (Torino 13 to 3). The home team accumulated chances with Zapata (two), Vlasic (two) and Masina. Clear opportunities.
Lazio’s effectiveness
But while Torino tried, tried and failed, Lazio in a sporadic attack reached the goal. Seven minutes into the second half, Ghendouzi advanced from the right, unmarked, and received a perfect pass from Spaniard Luis Alberto. So, inside the box, he shot low into Milinkovoic-Savic’s right corner. The goal knocked out Lazio, who started to miss passes. In this way, he took the second at 12, with Cataldi finishing with a shot from outside the area, the Rome team’s great plot on the right. The game was balanced. However, in the final stretch, with Gila’s expulsion in the 34th minute, Lazio recovered, maintaining the advantage.
Matches of the 21st round of the Italian Championship
1/20 (Saturday)
Rome 2×1 Verona
21/1 (Domingo)
Frosinone 3×1 Cagliari
Empoli 3×0 Monza
Salernitana 1×2 Genoa
2/14 (Wednesday)
Bologna 2×0 Fiorentina
2/22 (Thursday)
Turin 0x2 Lazio
2/28 (Wednesday)
Sassuolo x Napoli – 2pm
Inter Milan x Atalanta – 4:45 pm
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