Result: Lazio – Cagliari 1-0
61′ Immobile
LAZIO
Reina 6 – With tonight they make 600 appearances in the professional leagues. After almost an hour of rest, Marin appears before him, luckily for him wrong. He doesn’t have much work thereafter, other than an exit and a legible right from Nandez.
Musacchio 5,5 – Inzaghi breaks the delay and gives him the first title. Inattentive at the beginning of the second half: he leaves the opening where Marin goes in goal. It has to scrape off some more rust, and it shows.
(from 82 ‘Parolo sv)
Acerbi 6,5 – Tonight he has also rediscovered himself as a director, given that Immobile’s goal comes from his midfield throw for the head of Milinkovic-Savic. But without forgetting his real job, defending: he gives very little.
Radu 6 – Among the columns of Lazio in the twenty-first century, it will soon go down in history also for statistics. For the moment he is satisfied with a fully sufficient performance.
Lazzari 6,5 – His initial 45 ‘is too flat to be true. With the arrival of the second half, he lights up in the attacking phase and, above all, he sacrifices himself to stop Pavoletti’s shot without fail.
(from 64 ‘Lulic 6 – He takes the place of Lazzari but is positioned on the left wing. Visible at times, it has the merit of always remaining orderly and not going into suffering).
Milinkovic-Savic 6,5 – As long as he remains lower in the median, appointed to build and not to finalize, he sees the right. But when Inzaghi triggers the signal and orders him to move forward, he becomes a weapon: the goal that decides the match is born from his side.
Leiva 6,5 – Experience and temper in the middle, but also a good dose of quality. Accurate in his readings, energetic and clean in his speeches: if the opposing team’s chances were so few, much of the credit is his.
(from 82 ‘Escalante sv)
Luis Alberto 6 – First of his to go to the conclusion, then, on his half-time turn, Cragno is ready. He sees himself a little less in the second half, before he leaves the pitch a bit disappointed.
(dal 64 ‘First Akpro 6 – He enters with the game to be frozen, he only partially succeeds, even if his agility and his leg offer the possibility to go vertical).
Marusic 5,5 – As for some time now, Inzaghi puts him on the left on his weak foot. This causes him limitations in the thrust phase, even if as a counterweight he suffers little. One of his topics in the final, however, almost sent the Sardinians into the goal.
Correa 6 – The most sparkling and enterprising of the first half, even if he fails to reach the conclusion. But when his teammates grow up, paradoxically, the quality of his game drops. He gets nervous, and Inzaghi takes it off.
(dal 73 ‘Muriqi 5,5 – He must give more weight and more points of reference to the maneuver, but paradoxically since he is on the field, his own stop being able to attack. Can do better).
Immobile 7 – Almost half an hour waiting for the opportunity: when he arrives, however, he finds Cragno’s answer. If a second one happens to him, someone like him certainly can’t miss it: this is what happens just after the race hour. Solver, even today.
Coach: S. Inzaghi 6 – From the very first moments, Lazio dictated the timing of the maneuver, but in the first half the pace set was too slow to unhinge the orderly Cagliari defensive castle. The recovery begins with his still boarding, which finds the fruits after an hour thanks to the usual building. From then on, however, a little arm and Cagliari that comes too often to attack the penalty area. The three points count, however: full enough.
CAGLIARI
Cragno 6.5 – In the first half it is Immobile and Luis Alberto who engage him, then in the second half still an excellent save on Immobile to save the result. Little can, however, on the close conclusion of the Neapolitan striker who is worth the biancoceleste advantage.
Rugani 5.5 – He returns to the Italian league and faces the Golden Boot. Certainly not the best start for him who struggles to find the measures by allowing a few meters too much to the Lazio strikers.
Godin 5,5 – In tight spaces he feels at ease, duels are his daily bread and in fact gives life to a very narrow marking on the Property. Only once leaves him and the Neapolitan striker punishes Cagliari
Walukiewicz 5 – On his side Correa often slips away who, especially in the first half, puts him in some difficulty. He grows at a distance, but on the Lazio goal he is surprised by Immobile
Zappa 6 – He is mainly concerned with defending by limiting offensive sorties as much as possible while remaining low to counter Marusic’s advances. A choice that, with the result in hand, works.
(from 76 ‘ Simeone All)
Marin 6 – The best of his. His insertions and his dynamism guarantee Cagliari the presence in the opposing half of the field and from his feet the most dangerous actions are born with the touch below just above the crossbar of Reina and the assist for Pavoletti
Nandez 5.5 – Grit and rush in the service of his people, but also a few imprecise touches too. In a game of sacrifice from a fighter like him it was legitimate to expect something more.
Lykogiannis 6 – Cagliari is a purely defensive match, he performs the task entrusted to him by Di Francesco trying to deal with an uncomfortable client like Lazzari. Forced out at the beginning of the second half due to a clash with Milinkovic-Savic.
(from 51 ‘Tripaldelli 5 – the comparison with Lazzari is so unequal that, in the one against one, he never manages to take him, suffering extremely his initiatives).
Nainggolan 5,5 – He returns to the Olimpico and faces Lazio, certainly not just any opponent for him who has a Giallorossi past behind him. He tries some of his plays, but is little assisted by his teammates.
(from 85 ‘Pereiro sv)
Joao Pedro 5.5 – It is up to him to feed Pavoletti and also to provide him with assistance by tying the game: he fails neither of the two tasks and he ends up floating on the trocar without ever becoming dangerous.
Pavoletti 5.5 – The playable balls, for him, are very few and therefore he tries to put it on the physical level by doing aa door with all the Lazio defense. The results, however, do not reward him.
(from 84 ‘Cerri sv)
Coach: Di Francesco 5.5 – Try to snatch points at the Olimpico with an ultra defensive tactic. The result does not reward him by burying his Cagliari even more.
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