Series A. 13th round
Rome. “Stadio Olimpico”
“Lazio” – “Bologna” 3:0
Naked: Gigot 68, Zaccagni 72, Dele-Bashiru 90+2
“Lazio”: Provedel, Lazzari, Hila, A. Romagnoli (Gigo 46), Luca Pellegrini, Rovella, Vecino (Dia 60), Guendouzi, Pedro (Isaksen 60), Dzaccagni (Chauna 74), Castellanos (Dele-Bashiru 85)
“Bologna”: Ravaglia, De Silvestri, Lucumi, Beukema, Miranda, Freuler (Fabbian 74), Pobega, Odgar (Dallinga 74), Orsolini (Urbanski 46), Castro (Holm 81), Karlsson (Moro 46)
Warnings: Zhigo 63, Chauna 84 – Escape 24
Removal: Escape 35 (second yellow)
Chief Arbiter: Antonio Rapuano
It so happened that in two rounds in a row, Bologna played at the Stadio Olimpico. Only in the first of them the opponent was the collapsed Roma, which, after losing to the Rossoblu (2:3), fired its third head coach in 2024. And in the second – Lazio, which won six victories in a row in all tournaments. It is not surprising that the result came out completely different.
The result could be similar to the first one. Because Bologna are in good shape now. They won three victories in a row in the league and haven’t lost there since the second round, showing better results away from home than at home since the beginning of the season – 11 points versus seven. She started this match well too. Tommaso Pobega’s unnecessary second yellow card ruined everything.
“Lazio” could be caught. He won the previous three matches in all tournaments with a difference of only one goal, playing hard. And we approached this without the injured author of eight assists in the season, Tavares, with Castellanos, Dia, and Pedro not entirely healthy. Although “Bologna” could have missed the first goalkeeper Skorupski, winger Ndoya, and defensive midfielder Aebischer.
At first, the teams lacked the banal thing – shots on goal. Although they played energetically, quickly, and tried hard. By the 35th minute there were only five shots, and only one of them hit the target. Ravaglia took Castellanos’ punch. Castellanos also missed the empty goal from a distance, Guendouzi seemed to have broken through to the goal, but got tangled up in his legs.
Changed the Escape game. Already on a yellow card, he threw himself into a tackle in someone else’s penalty area. There was a chance to win the ball as Guendouzi got a bit confused. But he managed to give the ball away, and it turned out to be a dirty tackle from behind to his feet without touching the ball. A second yellow card for such a foul was inevitable.
Then only Lazio attacked. But Pellegrini was blocked, Zaccagni missed from the goalkeeper’s area, Castellanos missed his header from an excellent position. To tell the truth, there are few opportunities to play in the numerical majority. But in the end it got stuck. Zaccagni took the corner, the ball ricocheted, and defender Gigot scored with a falling header.
Soon Zaccagni, the captain, scored in the third league match in a row. His return from injury is becoming more and more triumphant. Pellegrini broke through, passed it, Mattia moved to the left with the ball and curled it into the far corner just like he likes. And at the very end, Ravaglia did not interrupt Lazzari’s cross, rather even knocking down Isaksen, and finished off Dele-Bashira.
Lazio wins their fifth Serie A match in a row and the seventh of their last eight. In all tournaments, he wins the seventh in a row and the 11th of the last 12. Remains top of the league home table with six wins and a draw. In the last 15 home matches in all tournaments, there were 13 wins and two draws. The Eagles are flying high. One point to first place.
“Bologna”? Her streak in the league was interrupted, and now she has to catch up again. She is eighth, ten points behind Lazio and three other teams, and 11 behind the leader Napoli.
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