A Ciro Immobile brace enabled Lazio to beat Salernitana (0-2) and slip into the Champions League spots pending the result of Roma, who will go into their match tonight with pressure to beat Verona to recover the fourth square.
The Italian striker, who had gone five games without scoring, needed just ten minutes to seal Lazio’s victory at a crucial moment in the tie for the European places where Atalanta dropped points against in Lecce by losing today against Lecce 1-2).
Immobile capped off the ‘biancocelesti’s’ excellent collective play in front of goal, always well placed at the right moment, to unlock the game in the 60th minute and lay the foundation for the victory he would complete himself.
He did it from eleven meters away, a penalty he also caused in the 69th minute, taking oil from a game that was going nowhere, slipping between the defender and the Italian goalkeeper Luigi Sepe , who regained his possession before the Mexican Guillermo. Memo’ Ochoa, to force the maximum penalty. It was the ninth league goal for Immobile, ‘capocannoniere’ since last season.
Luis Alberto did not receive a penalty
Spaniard Luis Alberto completed the win, jumping onto the green from the bench, but missed the penalty in the 90th minute of the game.
The success of the men led by Italian Maurizio Sarri almost lifted them to fourth position, waiting for their Roman neighbors to play their Olímpico clash against Hellas Verona.
For its part, Salernitana, with the debut of the Portuguese Paulo Sousa on the bench, added the third consecutive defeat and has not been far from the relegation places: it is 16th with 21 points, four from danger. zone
Source: La Verdad
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