Europa League: Porto-Lazio 2-1 goal by Zaccagni, brace from Toni Martinez

A good performance, which does not find gratification in the result. Lazio lost 2-1 at Porto, after taking the lead in the 23rd minute with Zaccagni. For the Portuguese, however, Martinez thinks about it, with a brace (37 ‘and 49’) to overturn the result. The Biancocelesti played a good match, but were punished for the only two (serious) defensive inattentions.

The race

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Without Real Estate Sarri ranks Felipe Anderson false 9 with Pedro and Zaccagni wide on the outside. In the first few minutes, Lazio is short and compact from the start, giving Porto a little pitch, which in the first minutes becomes dangerous only with Pepe on a set piece (header that hits the outside of the net). The biancocelesti grow, finding the advantage in the 23rd minute with Zaccagni, making their debut in an international match from inside or outside. On a short corner the Italian winger surprises Diogo Costa with a beautiful heel shot. Porto suffers the psychological backlash and Lazio even close to doubling in the 32nd minute, when Milinkovic, steering with his heel in the heart of the penalty area, kicks with a sure shot but finds a very attentive Diogo Costa who, with his foot, closes the door . Martinez’s equalizer, at 37 ‘, is therefore a cold shower for Sarri’s team. On a cross from Joao Mario from the right, the Spanish striker was left too free by the Biancocelesti central and with his head he strikes Strakosha with a great shot.

THE SHOOT

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In the second half Conceiçao removes Grujic and Vieira and puts Galeno and Vitinha, with Porto breaking through again on the right: in the 49th minute it is Joao Mario who goes to the cross and finds Martinez again who, anticipating Luiz Felipe, beats Strakosha. At 52 ‘the 3-1 almost arrives: Lazio gives the field to the opponents and Martinez, from the edge, puts Strakosha in difficulty with a nice lob that the Albanian goalkeeper rejects in a corner. At 60 ‘another opportunity for the hosts with Pepé who kicks off a little from the edge. In the final minutes Zaccagni’s yellow must be recorded (he was warned, he will miss the return leg) and Cabral’s debut in biancoceleste. In the 87th minute, Felipe Anderson, from the right, wasted a good chance by shooting the ball on the outside of the net from an excellent position. He thus vanishes the possibility of a draw, but Lazio, on the return, can play it.