Zaccagni will take care of giving Lazio the victory against Verona and pushing the team towards the Champions League zone: Roma’s fifth place is just three points away.
If there is a law that never fails in football, it is that of the ex. Of the exes in this case, given that Igor Tudor And Mattia Zaccagni they both have a past Verona: Lazio wins 1-0, a tough and tiring match, but fundamental to try to chase Roma’s fifth place which now it is only 3 points away.
It was a goal that decided the match Zaccagni in the second half which greatly complicates Baroni’s salvation plans, still at risk of relegation despite finding themselves just above the red zone of the standings.
Lazio struggled to find good opportunities in the first half: the first ring came in the 14th minute from Castellanos who fails to take advantage of his team’s good verticalization to pierce Verona’s defense. The most important opportunity of all came ten minutes later, after a quick restart Isaksen he misses everything in front of goal and stumbles on the ball of the possible advantage.
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Baroni’s team keeps their ranks close and tries to defend themselves in an orderly manner when the Biancocelesti advance. Just before the break, Verona also becomes dangerous with a first-time shot Swiderski with an empty net, but the ball goes wide.
Even in the second half it was the Biancocelesti who dictated the pace and found the best opportunities Luis Alberto And Felipe Anderson which even finds the crossbar after a small touch from Montipò, but it is the great ex who breaks the deadlock: in the 74th minute Zaccagni he steals a ball from an opponent, restarts Lazio, exchanges with Luis Alberto who serves him a perfect assist for the opening goal.
It is a fast and well-managed action by the former Verona player who silences the audience in the stadium where he became great. A little later Baroni’s boys found the long-awaited reaction with a header Coppola arrived on the development of a free kick, an attempt that forces Mandas to the great response to be able to protect the result just a few minutes from the end of the match.
In the end, Verona’s attempts are all useless: the home team tries to lose balance, create more dangers forward and take advantage of the last seconds to find the equalizer, but in the end thanks also to the changes, Lazio manages to always maintain very high concentration and to bring home three fundamental points to still dream of entering the Champions League.
