In the first half the immediate advantage by Hysaj, then the doubling of Milinkovic. In the second half, first Galdames and an own goal by Lazzari, then the Serbian goal in the 89th minute
Party was supposed to be and party it was. Both before the match (with the parade of the protagonists of the Coppa Italia victory over Roma in 2013) and also at the end, thanks to a success which – after the Champions League qualification already in the safe – also gives Sarri’s team the pass to the final four of the Italian Super Cup. And it also allows the home team to remain second in the standings with two points ahead of Inter 90 minutes from the end of the championship. If the first party was obvious, the second arrived at the end of a somewhat crazy game, as often happens at the end of the championship. First half of the Lazio brand, with Cremonese unable to offer resistance and a double advantage that seemed to have closed the games. Then in the second half Lazio exited the match making themselves come back already in the first quarter of an hour. And then he has to wait for the 89th minute to get back in the lead thanks to Milinkovic’s goal, who had already scored the second goal. Maybe it was his last match in the biancoceleste at the Olimpico. If so, he took his leave in the best way.
One-two Lazio
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The festive atmosphere gets Lazio off on the right foot. After four minutes the biancocelesti are already ahead. Combination all first in vertical ways between Luis Alberto, Immobile and Hysaj: the Albanian full-back finds himself all alone face to face with Sarr and is not wrong. With the result unlocked, Lazio plays on velvet, dribbles in midfield waiting to find the right passage. La Cremonese, which Ballardini puts on the field with a buttoned-up 5-3-2, struggles to tune in to a game from which it can get nothing and which, moreover, immediately gets off to a bad start. However, the Lombards showed up in the 23rd minute with a cross from Bianchetti on which Tsadjout arrived first: his turn ended up on the outside of the net. But then, from there to the interval, it’s just Lazio. Romagnoli tries with a header, then Luis Alberto with a shot that puts Sarr in difficulty and finally the 2-0 comes thanks to Milinkovic who turns Pedro’s cross into the net with his right foot. You go to half-time with the feeling that the game is already over.
Cremonese’s answer
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And instead the race suddenly reopens and changes direction. Lazio, as has happened to them on other occasions this year, returns to the field without the right concentration. Conversely, La Cremonese freed herself from the apathy of the first fraction and proposed a game. The 2-1 comes in the 9th minute thanks to a shot by Galdames on the trajectory of which there is also a deflection by Casale which is decisive. Four minutes go by and the joke of 2-2 also arrives. Bianchetti’s cross is unpretentious and above all without teammates who can intervene, Lazzari tries to head the ball for Provedel, but stabs him. At that point Ballardini puts in fresh forces to even try to make a coup. Buonaiuto enters (for Ciofani), then also Castagnetti and Quagliata (Galdames and Valeri exit). Sarri responds with Felipe Anderson (who takes over Pedro) and Pellegrini (for Hysaj). However, Lazio seem tired and unable to get their heads back on a game they thought was already over. In the final, however, the biancocelesti find the right connection. After the ball that Immobile devours and Anderson’s shot that Sarr overcomes, the 3-2 goal comes a whisker from the 90th minute thanks to a header from Milinkovic following a corner kicked by Luis Alberto.
May 28, 2023 (change May 28, 2023 | 22:26)
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