1-0: Pedro, decided on Lazio’s place in the quarterfinals

Pedro Rodríguez served Felipe Anderson on a silver platter, which was the only goal for Lazio against Bologna (1-0) in the round of 16 of the Coppa Italia. A very special match for both teams where they remembered Serbian Sinisa Mihajlovic, who died last December.

Lazio and Bologna forgot about the game for a moment and came together at the Olímpico in Rome in a heartfelt tribute to a very important figure in recent times for both clubs. The Serbian, who died of leukemia he suffered from in 2019, was a Lazio player from 1998 to 2004 and was the coach of Bologna in the 2008-09 season and from 2019 to 2022.

Without scorers Arnautovic and Immobile

Bologna tried to dedicate the victory to their former coach, but without the Austrian Marko Arnautovic as a spearhead, the team now led by the Italian Thiago Motta is not as sharp. Ciro Immobile is also missing to lead the ‘laziale’ attack, but he did not notice it with the excellent game from the canary and ex-Axulgrana Pedro and the ‘biancoceleste’ defense, which kills the attempts against the Bolognese.

Coach Maurizio Sarri kept the pressure high throughout the first act and the plan paid off after half an hour. Pedro and Felipe Anderson recreated, at the same stage, the goal that won against Roma in Serie A this season.

Pedro steals and helps

Pedro steals into the area and, this time with a little more time, he waits for Anderson to arrive so he can push the ball. Lazio’s intensity did not drop, but they failed to increase their profit against the well-worked Bologna, which since the arrival of Motta has raised its competitive ceiling in Serie A.

Despite not being able to extend the advantage, the locals did not struggle too much and managed to keep the goal to zero. In the quarterfinals they will wait for the winner of Juventus-Monza.