Two opportunities for Immobile, then little else. Sarri’s team is almost never dangerous, and without great effort the Turks get the ticket for the second round
A wasted opportunity, but never really sought. Lazio closes group E of the Europa League in second place, behind Galatasaray with whom, in the final match at the Olimpico, they do not go beyond 0-0. The biancocelesti will thus have to face in February one of the seven (Atalanta, as Italian, is excluded) relegated from the Champions League to be able to qualify for the second round. The Turks, on the contrary, by virtue of their record, will be able to skip a round and will return to the field only in March. For Lazio, which would have taken a simple victory to win the group, a wasted opportunity. Sarri’s team, however, has never kicked on goal, proving to have few ideas and tenacity.
The race
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Sarri recovers Immobile in record time and places him in the 4-3-3 between Pedro and Zaccagni, second in a row as a starter (and consequent bench for Felipe Anderson). Galatasaray takes sides in the mirror, but does not make the containment match that could have been hypothesized: Terim’s team tries to look out from the parts of Strakosha (also confirmed in the cup) by exploiting the physicality of Diagne, who however is well contained by Luiz Felipe and Acerbi. Lazio, on the other hand, lives off the flames of Zaccagni, particularly lively and inspired, but not very precise in the last step. The first chances arrive after 40 ‘: first it is Milinkovic who tries with a shot from the edge (countered by the Turkish defense), then it is Galatasaray who touch the advantage when Zaccagni, with difficulty, rejects a corner kick on the line. directly towards the Lazio gate. The first half ends at 45 ‘, on a conclusion of Immobile (served in tow by Zaccagni who had reached the bottom), who shoots high from an excellent position.
The recovery
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In the second half, Galatasaray lowers to protect their own goal and Lazio have the opportunity to spend most of the match in the opposing half of the pitch, without however being able to become dangerous: in the 58th minute it is Milinkovic, on a cross from the left, who misses the tower for Immobile wasting a good opportunity, but not even the shadow shots on goal. Halfway through the second half Sarri changes the right wing: Pedro and Hysaj outside, Felipe Anderson and Lazzari inside, but not even they manage to increase the pace of the game. Not even Immobile, caught by Milinkovic in the 72nd minute, manages to hit the opponent’s goal, firing, for the second time in his evening, out of an inviting position. For Lazio a wasted opportunity, and the calendar at the beginning of 2022 will be clogged with matches. The Biancocelesti, however, did nothing to avoid it.
December 9, 2021 (change December 9, 2021 | 22:59)
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