Udinese-Lazio 1-1: Deulofeu and Felipe Anderson, Molina’s crossbar in the 93rd minute

The postponement on Sunday evening between Udinese and Lazio ends 1-1. The verdict, basically correct, leaves a bit of a bitter taste in the mouths of both teams. Lazio by winning would have moved within two points of fourth place. But, at least today, there is no shortage of extenuating circumstances for a team that always seems to lack something to compete for the Champions League. In fact, Sarri did not have three of his four best players (Immobile, Luis Alberto and Acerbi) and not even the other star, Milinkovic-Savic, played the best game of him. Udinese, on the other hand, with its obvious limitations, takes a point that will come in handy for salvation. But there is no shortage of recriminations for Cioffi: not having capitalized on the initial superiority (mistake Makengo’s sideline mark, it would have been 2-0) having taken the equal goal on an inactive ball, the most obvious way to score that he had a very blunt team like a Lazio without a center forward (Immobile out, there is no assistant in the squad). And above all that torpedo from outside Molina, which makes Strakosha’s crossbar tremble in the 93rd minute.

THE MATCH

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Ready-off and Udinese passes: Nehuen Perez’s beautiful air bank for Deulofeu, very good at hitting it with his right-footed first intention. Just the former Barcelona and Milan has 25 ‘as a great player: it is a pity that Makengo frustrates his invaluable assist. Lazio, which also loses Pedro, rises in tone in the second half of the period: Cabral touches the post, then Anderson scores after a spike from Zaccagni on a free kick from Cataldi. The second half is quite boring, with Cabral kicking the only interesting ball to the side. Molina’s cross is a fibrillation on a fairly flat ECG. It ends 1-1: no one really deserved to win.