Genoa-Lazio 0-1: Tudor’s Champions League dream continues with Luis Alberto

There Lazio beats 1-0 Genoa in Marassi: decides a goal by Luis Alberto. Ready to go and DeWinter he immediately makes a mistake by giving the ball away to Castellanos, who misses the control and fails to kick. The reaction of the rossoblù is immediate with Ekuban who, instead of serving Retegui in a good position, ends up hitting the outside of the net. After a lively start to the match, the pace slowed down considerably and the two teams struggled to create scoring opportunities. The Biancocelesti try to rely on Felipe Andersonwho missed in the 27th minute I wish and goes to shoot, but misses the target. In the 36th minute Igor Tudor loses Lazzari due to injury and is forced to replace: Hysaj comes onto the pitch in place of the former Spal player. Good first half finish from Gilardino’s men, who become dangerous with De Winter and Vasquez, but their shots lack precision. A few seconds before the break the Ligurians came close to taking the lead, but Ekuban was selfish and wasted a great opportunity.

“match report”

In the second half, Lazio entered the field with a different attitude, coming very close to scoring the lead in the 61st minute with Felipe Anderson, on whose conclusion the intervention of Martin. The time was ripe for the Biancocelesti to take the lead, which came in the 67th minute: great verticalization by Felipe Anderson to Kamada, who provides the assist for Luis Alberto, who does well to deposit the ball at the bottom of the bag. Genoa tries to rely on substitutions to regain the match, but the entries onto the pitch Badelj and Akenye they can’t make an impact. In the final, the rossoblù tried to go after the equalizer, but the Romans repelled any offensive. Lazio, therefore, prevailed 1-0 and brought home its second consecutive victory, climbing to sixth place with 52 points and relaunching itself in a European key; Genoa, however, remains twelfth at 39.

The Genoa-Lazio scoreboard

Genoa (3-5-2): Martinez 6 – Vogliacco 5.5 (34′ st Sabelli sv), De Winter 5.5, Vasquez 6 – Spence 5.5, Frendrup 6.5 (44′ st Thorsby sv), Strootman 6 (23′ st Badelj 6), Gudmundsson 5.5, Martin 6 – Ekuban 5 (23′ st Akenye 5), Retegui 5. Coach Gilardino 5.5.

Lazio (3-4-2-1): Mandas 6 – Patric 6.5, Casale 5.5 (1′ st Romagnoli 6), Gila 6 – Marusic 6, Vecino 6, Kamada 6.5, Lazzari 5.5 (36′ pt Hysaj 6) – Felipe Anderson 6.5 (23′ st Pedro 5.5), Luis Alberto 7 (41′ st Rovella sv) – Castellanos 5 (23′ st Cataldi 6). All. Tudor 6.

Referee: Feliciani of Teramo 6.

Net: 22′ st Luis Alberto.

Note: booked: Casale, Cataldi and Vogliacco.