1-0. Feyenoord put the game away; Lazio, the goal

Most coaches usually say that football is about strength. In the same place. And that is the reading that should be derived from what was seen in Olympics in Rome. He Feyenoord put the game. The lazio, the goal. The only one there. It is enough to take three points, compress the group where the Athletic He is now the leader -eight points- thanks to his win against Celtic. And those Sarri -seven points- ahead of those Arne Slot in the standings -six points-, that the two duels between the Italians and the Dutch have already been played.

The Roman team asked for a penalty as soon as it started, with a tackle on Philip Andersontrying to finish a cross in place. Hartmann He was blocked and the Brazilian fell but the referee dismissed the action. The visitor’s first approach was in the 12th minute, a very innocent shot Stengs from within the area.

This is not the version of Feyenoord which was seen in Metropolitan a few months ago, where the Dutch team came out like a ‘kamikaze’ for victory and were twice ahead on the scoreboard against Atlético de Madrid. This group of Arne Slott He went out more carefully Olympics in Rome, with more respect for his rival, with less pressure and with less verticality. At least in the beginning, because we saw that very dangerous team that was so grateful to see, and they slowly retreated to lazio.

Within a quarter of an hour, the Rotterdam team suffered the first setback when Nieuwkoop He had to be replaced after a blow to the head caused concern at times. He left the meeting on a stretcher.

All in all, the visiting team slowly showed why it emerged in contention as the leader of the group. And after half an hour he came close to scoring, with a shot into the half Gimenez wherein Provedel He answered with a stinky period. The Italian goalkeeper touched his fingers enough to prevent the goal from the Mexican, who had already beaten him a few weeks ago in the clash in Netherlands.

At this point in the match, the Italian team was clearly at the mercy of those Arne Slottwho almost scored the first goal with a great collective action in the first touch that ended with a shot from Paixaothat Provedel he pulled out with difficulty.

IMMOBILE HITS THE FIRST ONE IT HAS

The lazio He had almost nothing to do in attack, but in the Dutch team’s only worrisome game, he struck. That’s how the player is Ciro Immobile. The Feyenoord in the attack, he stole the Italian team, passed deep in a play where Gertrude he stayed offside and avoided offside, so the Italian striker could dribble Bijlow and mark.

The purpose was awakened to a certain extent by those Sarri, who in the second half did not want to give his rival too much freedom to hurt him. And in the early part of the restart he seemed to be in charge of the match. A mirage indeed as, once again, those from Ane Slot took control. The Dutch team, by Paixao With a cross into the area that nobody touched, they almost equalized in the 67th minute. The typical center in a foul where everyone trusts, closes and Provedel He almost ate it.

The one in Sarri They stayed until the end in a part of the game where the visitors pushed back against their rivals but did not have much of a chance. On the contrary, the lazio He might have killed the counter in some finals.