Serie A
Verona – Lazio 1: 1: The eagles miss the leap to third place
Lazio had a great chance to move up to third on their own but missed it in Verona as although they took the lead in the 45th minute through a goal from Pedro they conceded a second-half equalizer from the hosts.
After drawing at home with Fiorentina (1-1) and escaping Coppa Italia (losing 1-0 to Juventus in Turin, in the knockout quarter-finals), Lazio drank their third bitter trophy in a row.
This time it was Verona, on Matchday 21 of Serie A, where Maurizio Sarri’s side took the lead at the “Bedegondi” but were unable to defend their lead in the struggle to stay up.
Lazio opened the scoring in the 45th minute with a magical goal from Pedro, who danced around the home side’s defense and defeated Modipo with an elusive left-footed volley, but their joy didn’t last long.
And that’s because Verona played hard in the second half, a header from (newly acquired) Engonz equalizing in the 51st minute, followed by an open game in which scoring chances were wasted at both ends.
The coveted second goal fell neither for Sarri’s team nor for Gaffaroni’s team. Lazio left the team unhappy after finishing in 4th place and -1 behind third-placed Roma, and Verona were happy to fall four points from 17th place.
VERONA: Modipo, Maniani, Hien, Coppola (80′ Ceccherini), Depaoli, Tamese (86′ Sulemana), Duda, Doig, Engonz (68′ Guice), Lazovic (80′ Abilgaard), Lasagna
Lazio: Provendel, Hisay, Casale, Romanioli, Marusic, Milinkovic-Savic, Cataldi (59th Vesino), Alberto, Pedro, Immobile (68th Anderson), Jacani
The results of the 21st game day
- Cremonese-Lecce 0-2 (58′ Baskirotto, 69′ Strefeza)
- Rome – Empoli 2-0 (2′ Ibáñez, 6′ Abraham)
- Sassuolo – Atalanta 1-0 (55′ Loriente)
- Spezia – Naples 0-3 (47′ to penalty. Kvaratthelia, 68′ 73′ Osimen)
- Turin – Udinese 1-0 (49′ Karamo)
- Florence – Bologna 1-2 (19′ Saponara / 14′ Orsolini, 47′ Pos)
- Inter Milan 1-0 (34′ Martins)
- Verona – Lazio 1-1 (51′ Engonz / 45′ Pedro)
- Monza-Samdoria 2-2 (33′ Petania, 90+9′ Pen. Pessina / 12′ 58′ Gambiandini)
- 07/02 21:45 Salernitana – Juventus
The highlights
Inter – Milan 1-0
Spezia – Napoli 0-3
Sassuolo 1-0 Atalanta
Roma-Empoli 2-0
Cremonese – Lecce 0-2
Torino 1-0 Udinese
Florence – Bologna 1-2
The program of the 22nd game day
- 02.10 21:45 Milan – Turin
- 11/02 16:00 Embolism – Spezia
- 02.11 19:00 Lecce – Rome
- 02.11 21:45 Lazio – Atalanta
- 02.12 13:30 Udinese-Sassuolo
- 02.12 16:00 Bologna-Monza
- 02.12 19:00 Juventus – Fiorentina
- 02.12 21:45 Naples – Cremonese
- 13/02 19:30 Verona-Salernitana
- 13/02 21:45 Samdoria-Inter
Source: sport 24
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