Ciro Immobile mocks Fiorentina in the 95th minute: Lazio wins 1-0

Lazio-Fiorentina 1-0

A penalty in the dying minutes by Ciro Immobile sealed the victory for Lazio against Fiorentina in the last match of the tenth day of Serie A.

Lazio and Fiorentina faced each other in a match that provided emotions until the last breath. The teams, led by Maurizio Sarri and Vincenzo Italiano respectively, took the field with well-defined tactical formations: a 4-3-3 for Lazio and a 4-2-3-1 for Fiorentina.

The first half è was characterized by a very balanced game, with both teams fighting for control of the field. In the 6° minute, Lazio’s Mattia Zaccagni failed to take advantage of an interesting free kick on the left flank, followed by a foul by Fiorentina’s Giacomo Bonaventura. In the 13th ° minute, a goal by Fiorentina’s Lucas Beltrán was disallowed after a VAR review for a hand foul. The first half è ended 0-0, with yellow cards for Lazio’s Manuel Lazzari and Fiorentina’s Alfred Duncan.

In the second half, the entries of Danilo Cataldi, Daichi Kamada and Matías Vecino in Lazio, and those of Rolando Mandragora, Antonín Barák, M'Bala Nzola and Maxime Lopez in Fiorentina, did not have the hoped-for effect of unblocking the game. However, in the 90th minute, the referee awarded Lazio a decisive penalty kick for a hand foul by Fiorentina’s Nikola Milenkovic. Ciro Immobile, who had just entered the field, converted the penalty with a precise shot to the left corner, putting Lazio ahead 1-0.

The match è ended in Lazio’s victory, thanks to Immobile’s penalty goal that gave the three points to the Biancocelesti, who climbed to seventh place in the standings on 16 points, -1 right behind the Viola.