Game 9, Serie A
Sunday, October 27, 2024
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Lazio Genoa 3-0
Not without difficulty, Lazio crush Genoa thanks also to another splendid game from Nuno Tavares.
The team
In the last minute Mattia Zaccagni pulled out with the flu and was substituted by Tijani Noslin. Otherwise in came the Serie A team, with nine changes compared to the eleven that played in Holland during the week.
First half
Genoa started well and in the 2nd minute there was a corner for the Rossoblu. Ball into the box, nobody touched it and it suddenly appeared in front of Ivan Provedel who managed to kick it away. In the tenth minute Nuno Tavares went off on the left, moved centre, one-two with Taty Castellanos, big whack, just high. In the 21st another run down the pitch from the Portuguese, blocked by a defender, ball to Noslin who dribbled past a couple of players and inside the box deposited the ball into the net. Splendid goal!!!
The game was slow. Genoa defended with 11 men and the Biancocelesti had problems. Castellanos and Boulaye Dia were a little too static and Lazio were rarely dangerous. In the 42nd minute Gustav Isaksen on the counter attack on the right, ball to Nuno Tavares outside the box, another whack, just wide.
Second half
In the interval Brooke Norton-Cuffy substituted Stefano Sabelli and the Englishman in the 46th minute did a Nuno Tavares type run down the pitch and just outside the box tried a shot, well saved by Provedel. In the 51st minute Morten Thorsby had a chance but his shot went wide.
In the 53rd minute Nuno Taveres on the left, cross into the box for Castellanos who controlled the ball and in front of the keeper tried a shot which went too high. Taty in the 60th minute surged off on the left, went into the box, reached the byline and tried to surprise Nicola Leali but the keeper with the help of Alessandro Vogliacco managed to clear.
Five substitutions: Milan Badelj, Jeff Ekhator and David Ankeye in for Alessandro Zanoli, Thorsby and Fabio Miretti for Genoa, Matias Vecino and Pedro for Isaksen and Dia. Ankeye got injured almost immediately and was substituted by Filippo Melegoni. Shortly after Loum Tchaouna, Samuel Gigot and Gaetano Castrovilli in for Noslin, Mario Gila and Nicolò Rovella.
The changes gave Lazio an extra sprint and the 81st minute Pedro to Tchaouna in the box on the right, the Frenchman controlled the ball but was too hasty in the shot which was miskicked. In the 85th minute ball in the Lazio box, Patric cleared by kicking the ball into the Genoa half, Johan Vasquez did not control it, and Taty was able to start the counter attack. Ball to Tchaouna who advanced but was fouled, Castellanos picked up the ball, went into the box, crossed low, Leali got a hand to it, in came Pedro, Lazio 2 Genoa 0.
What was missing from the game? A Nuno Taveres assist. The Portuguese tried a shot in the 90th minute but the Genoa keeper saved into corner. From the corner, Tchaouna crossed, Vecino had a chance but his volley went over the crossbar. In the fourth minute of injury time, Nuno Taveres from the byline crossed into the box and Vecino headed the ball into the net. Assist number six for the new Lazio superhero.
Good win for Lazio but it was not easy.
Who played for Lazio
Provedel, Marusic, Gila (84' Gigot), Patric, Nuno Tavares, Guendouzi, Rovella (84' Castrovilli), Isaksen (61' Vecino), Dia (61' Pedro), Noslin (78' Tchaouna), Castellanos
Substitutes: Mandas, Furlanetto, Pellegrini, Dele-Bashiru
Manager: Baroni
Who played for Genoa
Leali, Sabelli (46' Norton-Cuffy), Vogliacco, Vasquez, Martin, Zanoli (63' Ekhator), Frendrup, Matturro, Miretti (63' Badelj); Thorsby (63' Ankeye, 71' Melegoni), Pinamonti
Substitutes: Sommariva, Stolz, Bohinen, Gaston Pereiro, Marcandalli, Accornero, Ahanor, Masini
Manager: Gilardino
Referee: Piccinini
Goals: 21' Noslin, 85' Pedro, 90'+4' Vecino
Booked: Sabelli (G), Noslin (L), Gila (L), Marusic (L)
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