A draw on the first Olympia flight

Season 2010-11

Game 2, Serie A

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Lazio Milan 1-1

Lazio manage to equalise thanks to Floccari as fans meet Olympia for the first time

Ticket owned by Dag Jenkins. Photo by Dag Jenkins

After losing the first game to Sampdoria, Lazio had beaten Bologna at home and Fiorentina away.

The match

Lazio’s mascot eagle, Olympia, for the first time did her show before the match much to the amazement of the fans.

Milan started well and in the 7th minute Zlatan Ibrahimovic managed to beat Lazio’s off side attempt and raced towards Fernando Muslera but his shot was parried. Ibra tried again in the 18th after an Andrea Pirlo free kick but Muslera saved again.

In the 27th minute it was Hernanes who tried on a free kick but Abbiati saved and four minutes later he tried another shot which was only just wide. Stefano Mauri also had a chance a few minutes later but again the Milan goalkeeper managed to save.

In the second half Milan put their foot on the accelerator and Ronaldinho tried a shot that went wide. Sergio Floccari tried to shoot from far out in the 56th minute but Abbiati had no problem in saving. In the 68th minute Clarence Seedorf found the gap in the Lazio defence for Ibra who beat Muslera putting Milan in the lead.

Lazio pulled their socks up and started to attack more consistently. In the 81st minute Hernanes dribbled through the Milan defence and put a splendid ball inside the box which Floccari put in the back of the net.

The fireworks were not over. In the 87th minute a Pirlo corner was cleared by the Lazio defence, the ball arrived to Gianluca Zambrotta who gave it a big whack and hit the crossbar. Immediately after, Hernanes tried a shot from outside the box, Abbiati managed to get a fingernail to it and saved into corner. In the last second, Ronaldinho on the left crossed into the box, Kevin Boateng tried a volley which Stefan Radu managed to deflect into corner.

A well-deserved draw for Lazio against a much stronger team

Who played for Lazio

Muslera, Cavanda (87’ Lichtsteiner), Biava, Dias, Radu, Brocchi, Ledesma, Foggia (74’ Rocchi), Hernanes, Mauri (78’ Zarate), Floccari