Forward with Dia, the Biancocelesti, who celebrated 125 years, fresh from the defeat in the derby, pay Tchaouna the red card in the second half for a controversial second yellow card and are joined by the guests twenty minutes from the end
Party ruined. On the day after their 125th birthday, Lazio, left with 10 men due to Tchaouna’s expulsion in the 58th minute, did not go beyond a 1-1 draw at home with Como, confirming that they were experiencing a rather delicate moment. The Biancocelesti, who took to the field with a celebratory shirt, suffered the initiatives of the Como players throughout the match, also struggling to manage the advantage gained with Dia’s goal in the 34th minute. In the second half Como, after a series of wasted opportunities, equalized through Cutrone in the 72nd minute. Baroni’s team, in the running for a place in the Champions League, has thus won just 8 points in the last 7 matches, as many as Como, engaged in the fight for survival, in the last 5.
THE RACE
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Lazio, without Zaccagni, Gila, Castellanos (suspended), Pedro, Vecino and Patric, presents itself with 8 bench players, including two goalkeepers and two players who were off the list until ten days ago (Hysaj and Basic). Baroni’s choices are therefore forced, with Dia, scorer of only one goal in the last three months, deployed as striker. Fabregas responds by making Butez debut in goal, with Fadera, Paz and Strefezza behind Cutrone. Como started better and created several opportunities in the first minutes: Paz, face to face with Provedel, missed the soft touch and sent the ball out in the 4th minute, Kempf hit the post in the 6th minute, Paz was inaccurate from the edge in the 10th minute ‘, while Strefezza saw his shot blocked by Provedel in the 12th minute. Lazio suffers in particular from Fadera’s liveliness and Paz’s ideas, struggling in turn to create dangerous opportunities. In the 17th minute, however, Paz remains on the ground after a hard intervention by Gigot and Fabregas is forced to replace him with Diao. Como continues to dictate the tempo of the game, but without the Spaniard they are less brilliant. Lazio, on the other hand, proved cynical by taking the lead at the first opportunity: on Guendouzi’s vertical pass, Dia did well, in the 34th minute, to control with his back to goal, turn around, get rid of Kempf and put the ball in the corner.
THE RECOVERY
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In the second half the plot doesn’t change: Como pushes harder, Lazio suffers and tries to contain, even with a bit of luck: in the 48th minute Gigot saves Dossena’s shot off the line. In the 58th minute Tchaouna left his team with 10 men, receiving two yellows in a few seconds and Lazio, consequently, retreated further. Strefezza wasted a good opportunity by missing the goal in the 62nd minute, Lazio only saw themselves on the counterattack with Isaksen who saw a powerful shot blocked in the corner in the 68th minute. Lazio, however, suffers, and after being saved by Provedel in the 70th minute (save from Fadera), they concede the equalizer in the 72nd minute: from Strefezza’s cross on the right, Cutrone, good at moving behind Gigot, scores the 1st goal. -1. In the end, the home team attacked more and created the biggest opportunity: following a shot from Dele-Bashiru, the ball reached Guendouzi who, two steps from the goal, incredibly kicked the ball out, nicking the ball. It ends like this, with Como gaining a significant point in the fight for survival, and Lazio losing two precious points in the race for the Champions League.
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