Verona puts the brakes on Lazio at the Bentegodi
Verona brakes Lazio at Bentegodi
At a Bentegodi dressed up for its 60th birthday-it was inaugurated on Dec. 15, 1963-Lazio wasted a great chance, getting caught up by Hellas Verona’s Hellas Verona. Final: 1 to 1.Standings: Lazio 21 points, Hellas Verona 11- Next round: Lazio-Inter (Sunday, Dec. 17, 8:45 p.m.), Fiorentina-Verona (Sunday, Dec. 17, 3 p.m.).
First half. Lazio leads at the start supported by nearly 3 thousand fans, twinned with Gialloblù fans;, Hellas on the remittance. At the quarter d’hour no shots on goal. Lazio presses, taking the lead at 22’ with ex Zaccagni, splendid as effective heel touch under the goal: 0-1. First whitezzurri change: in goes Hysaj for Marusic. Hellas tries to react but does not go beyond a couple of scrums in the opponent’s area. Lazio controls comfortably until the end of the first half.
Second half. Start of the resumption: inside Lazovic in Verona. But è always Lazio to command, to numb, accelerate the game while the Veronese wander the field in search of the winning idea. Baroni plays the Henry card, finalizer of Udine’s resounding 3-on-3. There’è nothing to be done: Lazio continues to lead, not letting the Gialloblù come close to Provedel’s area. Anderson does not take advantage of a gift from the Hellas defense. Emotions are latent, for the biancazzurri no danger in sight when 25 minutes have passed. Immobile “eats” the 2 to 0 with a sluggish strike, certainly not as a deadly gunner which è or which he was. 27’: Ngonge invents a shot at the opposite crossbar from the left, Provedel parries as well as he can, the ball dances into the box, Henry gets there first and inserts under the goal: 1 to 1. Not two minutes pass that Lazio takes the lead: the former Casale makes it 2 to 1 but Var intervenes and rightly cancels for a foul by the Lazio defender.
It restarts from the’1 to 1. A minute later Verona in 10: expelled Duda for double admonition. Lazio on the attack, Verona forced in its own three-quarter until the end. Luis Alberto from outside, Montipò in the corner. 43’: Newcomer Vecino “eats” the 2 to 1 under the goal, kicking it to the stars. Five minutes of recovery, Lazio does not pass despite trying hard. Hellas staggers but does not give up. Triple whistle: Verona-Lazio 1-1.
