Serie A
Udinese 0-1 Lazio: Immobile keeps the Eagles at bay in the Champions League
Thanks to a won and well converted penalty by Ciro Immobile, Lazio emerged victorious from the “Dacia Arena” with a 1-0 win over Udinese and moved up to third place in the table, giving them a solid place in the Champions League secures.
Inter lost 3-1 to champions Napoli in the ‘Diego Armando Maradona’ and Lazio capitalized on the best of it, beating Udinese 1-0 just hours later to progress.
In fact, the champions not only left the Nerazzurri behind and consolidated in 3rd place, but also secured a clear lead for exit to the Champions League, keeping the gap to 5th Milan to four points.
The golden goal for Maurizio Sarri’s side came on the hour when Ciro Immobile converted in the Friuli penalty area and beat Silvestri from the penalty spot to make it 1-0 for the Eagles, who stayed through to the final.
It should be noted that Immobile became only the third player, after Antonio Di Natale and Francesco Totti, to be involved in 200 goals for a single team in Serie A (162 goals and 38 assists for Lazio) since Opta recorded assists (2004 –2005). , with Lazio being the fourth team (using a 3-1-0 scoring system) to keep at least 20 clean sheets in the league in a season.
The results of the 36th race
- Sassuolo-Monza 1-2 (45+6′ Berardi / 60′ Curia, 90+3′ Pessina)
- Cremonese – Bologna 1-5 (90+1′ Ciofani / 14′ Arnautovic, 27′ Ferguson, 45+1′ Poss, 62′ Orsolini, 80′ Sansone)
- Atalanta-Verona 3-1 (22′ Tzapakosta, 53′ Pasalic, 62′ Heylund / 11′ Lazovic)
- Milan – Sampdoria 5-1 (9′ Leao, 23′, 29′ penalty, 68′ Giroud, 63′ Diath / 20′ Quagliarella)
- Lecce – Spezia 0-0
- Turin – Florence 1-1 (66′ Sanabria / 48′ Jovic)
- Naples – Inter 3-1 (67′ Zambo Angisa, 85′ Di Lorenzo, 90+5′ Gaetano / 82′ Lukaku)
- Udinese – Lazio 0-1 (61′ Penalty. Immovable)
- 22.05. 19:30 o’clock Roma-Salernitana
- 22.05. 21:45 Empoli – Juventus
The highlights
Milan 5-1 Sampdoria
Atalanta – Verona 3: 1
Sassuolo-Monza 1-2
Cremonese-Bologna 1-5
Torino-Fiorentina 1-1
Lecce – Spezia 0-0
The program of the 37th match day
- 05/26 19:30 o’clock Salernitana-Udinese
- 05/26 21:45 Sampdoria-Sassuolo
- 05/27 4 p.m Spezia – Turin
- 05/27 7:00 p.m Fiorentina – Rome
- 05/27 21:45 Inter – Atalanta
- 05/28 1:30 p.m Verona – Empoli
- 05/28 4 p.m Monza-Lecce
- 05/28 7:00 p.m Lazio – Cremonese
- 05/28 21:45 Juventus – Milan
Source: sport 24
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