Game 23, Serie A
Sunday, February 5, 2017
Stadio Adriatico, Pescara
Pescara Lazio 2-6
Marco Parolo scores four as Lazio demolish Pescara.
At the end of the first half of the season Lazio were fourth. They were currently fifth, but the objective of an Europa League qualification was well within reach.
The match
It was Marco Parolo’s day and the beginning of his show came after only ten minutes. A cross from the left by Keita Balde reached Felipe Anderson in the box on the far right. Felipetto’s cross was met by Parolo unmarked who comfortably headed the ball into the net.
Four minutes later Lazio doubled their lead again with Parolo. Marvellous long pass from Stefan de Vrij from Lazio’s half to Sergej Milinkovic-Savic in the Pescara box, the Serb passed the ball into the centre to Keita Balde but his shot was deflected into corner. Lucas Biglia took the corner and Parolo headed the ball in.
Game over? No. In the 29th minute Gaston Brugman from the left crossed the ball towards the edge of the box, Parolo was incapable of clearing, ball to Grigoria Kastanos who from outside the box but in a central position sent a shot that Federico Marchetti saved but Ahmad Benali was ready for the tap in.
Pescara believed in a possible comeback and in the 36th minute Francesco Zampano dived into Stefan de Vrij in an attempt to trick the referee into giving a penalty and it worked. However, from the spotkick, former Roma Gianluca Caprari passed the ball lamely to Marchetti. The missed penalty did not stop Pescara who in the 41st minute equalised. Corner from the left, long ball to Brugman who volleyed it in. 2-2 at the end of the first half.
Nobody at Pescara expected what was about to happen in the second half. In the 49th minute, Felipe Anderson crossed from the right, Milinkovic-Savic controlled the ball and anticipated the goalkeeper. His shot hit the post but the ball got to Parolo, unmarked, a few centimetres from the goal line. His header gave Lazio the lead again.
Caprari had a chance but his shot was well saved by Marchetti. In the 57th minute Lazio made it four. Immobile stole the ball from Sulley Muntari in Lazio’s half. On the counter attack, Ciro passed it to Keita Balde but a Pescara defender managed to intercept only to involuntarily pass the ball back to the Lazio centre-forward. Immobile one- on-one the goalkeeper passed the ball to Keita unmarked who in front of an open goal made it 4-2 for Lazio.
In the 69th minute, after a great save by Albano Bizzari denying Parolo’s fourth, Lazio had a corner. Cross for de Vrij on the front post, the ball passed through the entire Pescara defence to Immobile who volleyed it in. 5-2.
In the 77th minute Senad Lulic on the left, a perfect cross for the upcoming Parolo who scored his fourth goal of the day.
A day to remember for Marco Parolo.
Who played for Pescara
Bizzarri, Zampano, Gyomber (69' Cerri), Stendardo, Biraghi (73' Crescenzi), Muntari (58' Mitrita), Brugman, Verre, Benali, Caprari, Kastanos
Substitutes: Fiorillo, Maloku, Delli Carri, Vitturini, Bruno, Pepe, Cubas, Del Sole
Manager: Oddo
Who played for Lazio
Marchetti, Basta, de Vrij, Hoedt, Lukaku, Parolo, Biglia (78’ Murgia), Milinkovic-Savic, Felipe Anderson, Immobile (86’ Tounkara), Keita (65’ Lulic)
Substitutes: Strakosha, Vargic, Patric, Wallace, Bastos, Radu, Crecco, Luis Alberto, Djordjevic
Manager: S. Inzaghi
Referee: Giacomelli
Goals: 10’ Parolo, 14’ Parolo, 29’ Benali, 41’ Brugman, 49’ Parolo, 57’ Keita, 69’ Immobile, 77’ Parolo
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