Game 38, Serie A
Sunday, June 22, 1952
Stadio Torino, Rome
Lazio Triestina 4-1
Lazio thrash Triestina to silence those who doubted the Biancocelesti would play at their best
With one match to the end of the season Lazio were fifth, two points behind Fiorentina. The scudetto had already been won by Juventus.
The bottom of the Serie A table read: Triestina 32 points, Bologna 31, Lucchese 30, Padova 29, Legnano 16. Apart from the latter, everything was still possible. During the week there had been a lot of pressure on Lazio. Usually in the last games, the stronger team, already on holiday, let the weaker squads win, and the football league sent a letter to the club to remind them to play at their best. Even the other teams involved in the fight to stay in Serie A had put pressure on the Biancocelesti. A win would shut them up.
The match
Lazio began the match well and after 13 minutes they were already 2-0 up. In the 11th minute Aldo Puccinelli dribbled past three players and attempted a shot which beat the keeper. Two minutes later Lelio Antoniotti went off on the left and passed back to Sukru Gulesin who crossed into the box. Puccinelli got hold of the ball and, thanks to Antonio Nuciari staying completely still on the line, passed to Sigvard Lofgren who volleyed the ball in the net.
Triestina attempted a comeback and Lucidio Sentimenti IV was forced to make a magnificent save in the 30th minute on a Domenico De Vito shot. In the 39th minute a Bruno Ispiro-Enore Boscolo one-two gave an opportunity to reduce the deficit to José Curti and he did not miss. In the 42nd minute a Sukru freekick hit the crossbar.
In the 49th minute, Ispiro had the biggest chance to equalise. On a free kick in the penalty box, Curti passed to the former Lazio player who just had the keeper to beat. But he took too long and Zeffiro Furiassi stopped his shot. In the 59th minute Antoniotti passed to Sukru who raced towards the goal. Marco Mariuzza tried to stop him by grabbing his jersey but the Turk just continued and in front of Nuciari gave Lazio their third of the day.
Triestina had nothing left and the Biancocelesti went close to scoring a fourth when Sukru, again on a free kick, hit the crossbar for the second time. In the 79th minute the Turk, having received the ball from Romolo Alzani, from very close to the by-line tried an almost impossible shot which surprised Nuciari and Lazio went 4-1 up.
All in all, a comfortable win for the Biancocelesti. Triestina were forced to a playoff with Lucchese who had beaten Spal 2-0 to stay in Serie A.
Who played for Lazio
Sentimenti IV, Montanari, Furiassi, Alzani, Sentimenti V, Fuin, Puccinelli, Larsen, Antoniotti, Lofgren, Sukru
Manager: Bigogno
Who played for Triestina
Nuciari, Belloni, Valenti, Petagna, Mariuzza, Giannini, Boscolo, Curti, Ispiro, Petrozzi, De Vito
Manager: Perazzolo.
Referee: Agnoli
Goals: 11’ Puccinelli, 13’ Lofgren, 39’ Curti, 59’ Sukru, 79’ Sukru
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