Twente–Lazio 0-2 in a match of the 3rd day of the Europa League played in Enschede (THE NEWS)
Three out of three, clear path for Lazio who also beat Twente and confirmed themselves at the top of the new Europa League – with full points together with Tottenham and Anderlecht – putting a further step towards direct passage to the round of 16 of the competition without going through the playoffs.
In Holland, a country in which they had lost the last 3 matches played, Baroni’s Biancocelesti prevailed 2-0 thanks to Pedro’s goal, the third in the Spaniard’s last three appearances, and that of the Dane Isaksen who within a few minutes from the conclusion it puts the result in the safe.
The Lazio techniciandespite having to give up Lazzari and Guendouzi, who remained in Rome, opts for massive turnover with only Zaccagni and Dia in the trident and Romagnoli – who will miss the match against Genoa due to the sending off against Juventus – and Marusic in defense confirmed compared to the unfortunate trip to Turin.
The start was immediately Lazio-style taking advantage of one of Twente’s main characteristics, namely the very high defensive line. It is Dia who understands that there is fertile ground there to attack by launching himself into space, Unnerstall tries to anticipate him but ends up knocking him out. The red for the goalkeeper is inevitable with the Dutch who remain ten after 11 turns of the clock. Oosting tries to cover by removing Van Bergen.
Lazio, in numerical superiority, goes to the wedding first coming close to scoring with Marusic, but his cross shot hits the post without Zaccagni being able to repeat the rebound. But then he hits the target with the fittest man of the moment, that one Pedro already scoring against Nice and Empoli who, with his right-footed shot from the center of the area, doesn’t miss the opportunity to get his name on the card again, taking his team forward.
The second half opens with Baroni confirming the starting eleven and Oosting to insert Kuipers for Lammers trying to make the deficit as less bitter as possible. Even in the second half, however, it was Lazio who managed, making themselves dangerous with Pellegrini who first chipped the crossbar, then looked for power but missed the target by centimetres. Lazio continues to push, Castellanos first sees a penalty awarded and then removed via VAR, then it is Tchaouna who has the opportunity on the right, but without exploiting it.
The one to close it, however, is Isaksen who, on Dele-Bashiru’s assist, only had to push the ball into the goal which allowed Lazio to double the lead but above all to close the Twente practice by achieving the third victory out of three which launched Baroni’s team at the top of the Europa League table .
