Game 25, Serie A
Sunday, April 8, 1979
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Lazio Catanzaro 3-1
Giordano, D’Amico and Garlaschelli are too much for Palanca’s Catanzaro.
On March 18 Lazio won the derby with a last minute Aldo Nicoli goal, but in the game before today they had crumbled in the final minutes at Verona.
Lazio needed to beat Catanzaro to keep the European hopes alive.
The match
Bob Lovati was finally able to play Renzo Garlaschelli, who had been absent due to injury for the past four months, and the team benefitted from this enormously.
But it was Catanzaro who started better. In the 7th minute Renzo Rossi, former Lazio player, missed a golden opportunity after a cross by Enrico Nicolini. In the 13th minute Bruno Giordano from the right sent a great cross for Garlaschelli who, however, was unable to make any contact. Six minutes later Giordano had a difficult chance following a shot deflected by a Catanzaro defender, but his shot went wide. In the 29th minute Massimo Cacciatori punched out a dangerous Massimo Palanca free kick.
In the 40th minute Lazio scored. Perfect free kick from Vincenzo D’Amico and 1-0 for Lazio.
The second half opened with a free kick for Catanzaro. Palanca, always dangerous on free kicks and corners, bent it like Beckam and equalised. The draw however only lasted two minutes. Giordano took a free kick from the right; the ball was cleared by the Catanzaro defence but picked up outside the box by Ciccio Cordova. His powerful shot was saved by Massimo Mattolini but Bruno-gol was quick to volley the ball in. Lazio ahead again.
Lazio had two goals disallowed for offside and Catanzaro went close to equalising several times. First D’Amico managed to clear a Giuseppe Sabbadini shot on the line, then in the 79th minute an Adriano Banelli header was saved by Cacciatori. Three minutes later the Lazio goalkeeper repeated himself on a Banelli shot and a Rossi attempted tap in.
In the 85th minute Lazio closed the match. Luigi Martini on the left to Giordano who let the ball pass to Garlaschelli. The Lazio scudetto hero dribbled past Leonardo Menichini and scored. 3-1 for Lazio. Game over.
Who played for Lazio
Cacciatori, Ammoniaci, Martini, Wilson, Manfredonia, Cordova, Garlaschelli, Viola, Giordano, Nicoli, D’Amico
Substitutes: Fantini, Agostinelli, Cantarutti
Manager: Lovati
Who played for Catanzaro
Mattolini, Sabadini, Ranieri, Menichini, Groppi, Zanini, Nicolini, Orazi, Rossi, Braglia (63' Banelli), Palanca
Substitutes: Casari, Turone
Manager: Mazzone
Referee: Mascia
Goals: 40’ D’Amico, 47’ Palanca, 49’ Giordano, 85’ Garlaschelli
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