Lazio 2-0 Celtic: Gunner Immobile sent them one step away from the last 16

Lazio have lost ground in Serie A in the battle for a place in the top four that sends them to the new Champions League, but they are hotly contested in this season’s top European club competition and as the games go on it shows that it’s getting more and more.

That’s exactly what he did on Tuesday evening (28/11) on the 5th matchday of the 5th group, when Maurizio Sarri’s team encountered strong resistance from Celtic at the “Olympic” but found a way to win the Golden Triple, which increased to 10 points and sent their hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages soaring.

The big star of the game was Ciro Immobile. The team captain came on as a substitute in the 61st minute and decided the game in the final by scoring two goals in three minutes (82nd 85th) and the adoration of the Eagles fans knew.

It is even mentioned that Immobile was the first Italian to score at least two goals in the last 10 minutes of a Champions League game (not including playoffs) since Luca Toni against Sporting in February 2009.

The match

Lazio were the most motivated team in the game and were aiming to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League, but despite scoring 11 goals in the first half, none of the three scorers managed to overcome Hart’s goal and the Scots only had one goal. Ultimately, however, they were in control of the tempo with 56% possession.

The situation did not change in the second half and after an hour of play Sarri switched to Immobile and Pedro (instead of Castegianos and Anderson), with the Lazio captain showing his great class and acumen in scoring.

In the 82nd minute, he took advantage of a counterattack that penetrated Isaksen’s shot and executed Hart with a cross from close range. In elaborate fashion, the Englishman beat the keeper for the second time, this time with a cool shot.

Just before the final Celtic won a penalty but the referee took it back after seeing the situation on the monitor (VAR called him). After the final whistle, the Scots said goodbye to Europe and Lazio took an important step towards qualification and hoped for Atlético to win in the Netherlands against Feyenoord and thus move into the “16” from matchday 5.

• Lazio: Provendel, Lazzari, Patrick, Zila, Marusic, Rovella (79′ Cataldi), Guduzzi, Alberto Camanda (84′ Camanda), Anderson (61′ Pedro), Castegianos (62′ Immobile), Isaksen
• CELTIC: Hart, A. Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Taylor, O’Reilly, McGregor, Bernardo (70′ Heon-Yoo), Forrest (M. Johnston), Furuhashi, Young (86′ Turnbull)

The results of the 5th matchday in the 5th group

• Lazio – Celtic 2:0 (82′ 85′ Mobile)
• November 28th 22:00 O’clock Feyenoord – Atletico

Full schedule and results

• Feyenoord – Celtic 2:0 (45+2′ Stengs, 76′ Yahanbas)
• Lazio – Atletico 1-1 (90+5′ Provendel / 29′ Barrios)
• Atletico – Feyenoord 3-2 (12′, 47′ Morata, 45+4′ Griezmann / 7′ auto. Hermoso, 34′ Hadsko)
• Celtic – Lazio 1-2 (12′ Furuhashi / 29′ Vesino, 90+6′ Pedro)
• Feyenoord – Lazio 3-1 (31′ 74′ Jimenes, 45+2′ Zerouki / 83′ Pen. Pedro)
• Celtic – Atletico 2-2 (4′ Furuhashi, 28′ Palma / 25′ Pen. Griezmann, 53′ Morata)
• Atletico – Celtic 6-0 (6′, 60′ Griezmann, 45+2′, 76′ Morata, 66′ Lino, 84 Saul)
• Lazio – Feyenoord 1:0 (45+1′ mobile)
• Lazio – Celtic 2:0 (82′ 85′ Mobile)
• November 28th 22:00 O’clock Feyenoord – Atletico
• 12/13 22:00 O’clock Atlético – Lazio
• 12/13 22:00 O’clock Celtic – Feyenoord