Lazio Rugby won the 2023/24 Serie A championship and thus obtained promotion to Serie A Elite. The Roman team thus returns to the top flight of the Italian championship two years after the relegation of the then Top 10.
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Good start for the Lazio players, who stand out in the opponent’s half of the pitch, finding four free kicks in less than twenty minutes, scoring points from the pitch with Donato.
CUS Torino is forced to play with fourteen men for ten minutes after Cruciani’s yellow card, but holds their ground and ends up in first place time finds the marking with the second line Andreicaafter a long pick-and-go sequence near the goal line.
In the second half the match was in the balance and the challenge was tight between the two teams in the third quarter of the match, with Lazio scoring a drop in the 44th minute with Cruciani, but he makes up for it shortly afterwards with Donato, still precise from the pitch.
The decisive action arrives in the 60th minute: Herrera finds a 50:22 that brings Lazio into attack and on the developments of the following throw-in comes the goal of Summer.
In the 70th minute Lazio remained with 14 men for the last 10 minutes due to a yellow card for Cruciani. CUS Torino immediately scores with Torres in the 78th minute and another with Modonutto, but the decisive place of Manfredi Albanese keeps the result safe.
Men’s Serie A, final
Lazio Rugby 1927 v Iveco Cus Torino 26-23
Scorers: pt 1′ cp. Donato D. (3-0), 4′ cp. Donato D. (6-0), 7′ cp. Torres (6-3); 10′ cp. Donato D. (9-3); 16′ cp. Donato D. (12-3); 37′ m. Andreica, trans. Torres (12-10); st 46′ cp. Donato D. (15-10), 50′ cp. Torres (15-13); 53′ cp. Donato D. (18-13); 64′ m. Sommer ntr. (23-13); 72′ m. Torres nt. (23-18); 78′ cp. Albanian (26-18); 80′ m. Modonutto ntr. (26-23)
Lazio Rugby 1927: Giovannini; Herrera Rezzonico, Cioffi, Cruciani, Santarelli; Donato D. (68′ Cristofaro), Albanian; Donato J.; Pilati (cap), Speaker; Cicchinelli, Sommer (72′ Tomasini); Silla (60′ D’Aleo), Gisonni, Moscioni (60′ Criach)
available: Criach, Hliwa, D’Aleo, Tomasini, Urbani, Cristofaro, Bianco Mi., Bonavolontà
all. DeAngelis
Iveco Cus Turin: Imberti (47′ Reeves G.); Telloni, Torres, Groza, Civita; Reeves E., Cruciani; Quaglia (C), Spinelli, Piacenza; Ursache (65′ Ciotoli), Andreica; Barbotti, Caputo, Valleise (68′ Cataldi)
available: Roncon, Cataldi, Modonutto, Ciotoli, Riccardi, Malavasi, Zanatta, Reeves G.
all. D’Angelo
Cards: 3′ yellow Cruciani (CUS Torino), 70′ Cruciani (Lazio)
Players: Donato D. (Lazio) 5/7, Torres (CUS Torino) 3/5, Albanese (Lazio) 1/1
Notes: 500 spectators, sunny day, pitch in excellent condition
