Roma – Two goals with Milan and two with Verona: the Taty & Dia company strikes again, the double center forward formula produces chances and goals – Hellas lost 2-1 at the Olimpico – but this Lazio is very unbalanced and therefore definitely forbidden to their own players faint-hearted fans. Because with two strikers, two wingers (Isaksen and Zaccagni) and two offensive full-backs (Lazzari and Tavares) it allows a lot of space on the counterattack and more: the midfielders Guendouzi and Rovella are forced to do very tiring work and are unable to plug the holes. It is no coincidence that after Dia’s initial feat (5′), the equalizer comes immediately (7′) from the Dane Tengstedt (who also scored for the second consecutive match), launched between the two Lazio centre-backs by a through ball from Kastanos . On this occasion, the returning Gila was especially bad, playing his first match of the season and clearly out of condition.
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However, the two Biancocelesti center forwards are unleashed and take advantage of the offensive production of the entire team, engaged in constant and courageous pressing. In a minute, between 19′ and 20′, Castellanos shows his entire repertoire: first he earns a corner with a classy stop and a cross from rabona, then – precisely on that corner – he resists Daniliuc’s marking and with physical , opportunism and eye for goal throws it in. For Taty there are 3 goals in 4 games: last year the Argentine had shown signs of his value, but at the start of the season he is proving the club right which confirmed him and Baroni who considers him a very regular starter. “I want him on the pitch in all the matches,” the Lazio coach says of him. Who also appreciates Dia, taken from Salernitana on a two-year loan with an obligation to buy for 11.3 million: a bargain, judging by these first matches. He, the Senegalese, has 2 goals in 2 games played since the start, even if he often has to come back to help the struggling midfield.
Zeman’s gamble in midfield
In Serie A, playing with just two midfielders is truly an almost Zemanian gamble: Baroni, who loves mobility and verticality (his key words), is trying. “I prefer to field an extra attacker, giving up a defender,” he reiterates. What makes him angry is conceding a goal in the first 10 minutes of the half: it happened again, it’s the fifth time. A flaw that must be corrected at all costs for the Biancocelesti. On the other hand, the multinational Verona – 12 countries represented in Zanetti’s starting lineup, including players with double passports – always remained in the game, taking advantage of the spaces granted by the super offensive Lazio. In the second half, a nice high shot from Isaksen, now a starter on the right wing, was immediately made. Then in the 17th minute Montipò’s miracle again on the deadly Dia, who had turned in an instant and had fired into the net: the Verona goalkeeper was reactive, even on the tap-in from the Senegalese himself.
Muscle problem for Castellanos
In the 21st minute Castellanos comes out to applause due to a muscle problem in his left adductor: Castrovilli comes on and settles behind Dia. Leaving the pitch, the Argentine reassured Baroni about his condition, but the clinical checks will be decisive in the next few days. A stop from Taty would be serious for Lazio. Tchaouna’s entry was positive in place of Isaksen, with two treacherous shots from distance. This time, however, Mosquera has no impact, devastating for Hellas against Napoli. In the 38th minute, a sensational goal wasted by Zaccagni, assisted by the usual Dia, with an empty net. But Lazio, very good in the second half at not giving Verona any real chances, took home the three points and overtook Hellas in the standings, miraculously saved last year by Baroni, the great ex of the evening.
Lazio (4-2-3-1) Provedel 6.5 – Lazzari 6.5 (44′ st Marusic sv), Gila 5, Romagnoli 5.5, Tavares 6.5 – Guendouzi 6.5, Rovella 6 (36′ st Vecino sv) – Isaksen 5.5 (21′ st Tchaouna 6), Dia 7.5, Zaccagni 6.5 (44′ st Noslin sv) – Castellanos 7.5 (21′ st Castrovilli 6). Annex Baroni 6.5.
Verona (3-4-2-1) Montipò 6.5 – Dawidowicz 5, Coppola 4.5, Daniliuc 4.5 (44′ st Sarr sv) – Tchatchoua 6, Belahyane 5.5, Dani Silva 6 (44′ st Cissé sv), Lazovic 5.5 (22′ st Faraoni 6) – Harroui 5 (22 ‘st Alidou 6), Kastanos 6.5 (8’ st Mosquera 5.5) – Tengstedt 6.5. All. Zanetti 5.5.
Referee: Zufferli 6.
Rarely: 5′ pt Dia, 7′ pt Tengstedt, 20′ pt Castellanos
Note: ammonites Rovella, Tchtchoua, Gila, Tengstedt; approximately 30 thousand spectators.
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