Lazio first wastes, then exults: 2-1 to Cagliari, is third

A victory, albeit a painful one, to keep flying in the standings.

Lazio is third in Serie A, tied on points with Atalanta and Fiorentina, after Monday evening’s postponement, in which the Biancocelesti won 2-1 against a courageous Cagliari. For Marco Baroni’s team, despite the immediate advantage and the amount of play, the victory came only in the end of the game thanks to a penalty converted by Mattia Zaccagni.

For Lazio, as mentioned, the match started in the best of ways. Already at 2à in fact, the advantage arrives thanks to Dia, able to reiterate in goal a ball handled with some difficulty by Scuffet after a free kick by Pellegrini. Cagliari però attempted an immediate reaction, with Piccoli bricked by Lazzari. Then Makoumbou wasted on Mina's initiative and Provedel saved everything on Adopo and Zortea. Meanwhile, Castellanos goes very close to doubling the score, but his right-footed shot shatters on the post.

The match remains vibrant, with Noslin and Isaksen dangerous on one side, Luvumbo on the other snatching a very poisonous ball from Gila but not surprising Provedel. They are però the warnings of the equalizer, which arrives at 41' when Makoumbou serves Luvumbo: the latter's shot is muffed by the same Gila who actually sends Provedel out of the way and gives the goal to Cagliari.

Immediately after the equalizer, Lazio took the field in the second half with the very clear goal of scoring as soon as possible. But it è not easy: Cagliari closes the spaces, Lazzari and Guendouzi search in vain for Dia, Augello saves on Isaksen, Mina closes the door on Castellanos, Luperto overcomes first on Castellanos and then on Vecino. An episode is needed, which arrives at 75': foul in the area of Zortea on Pellegrini, Zaccagni transforms the penalty. Cagliari lost Mina and Adopo in a few seconds, both sent off by Ayroldi, and the result did not change anymore.