At 37 years old, Pedro Rodríguez continues to be decisivewhich marks the differences in his aims. The former Barcelona winger beat Porto on aggregate (2-1) and kept the total number of victories in the Europa League for a Lazio who continue to lead the league with 12 points, but are now alone from when Anderlecht (1-1 against RFS) and Tottenham, who lost to Galatasaray (3-2), stopped sharing the lead.
The match provided a balanced match, of alternatives, at the Olympic Stadium in Rome between two teams with offensive vocations. Daddy CastellanosLazio’s goal man, warned in the first moments with a shot that went up and seconds after the goal was annulled by VAR for offside (8′).
Fabio Vieira, on the crossbar and Samu threatens
Lazio had no chance again until goal by Alessio Romagnoli in the added time of the first half as Porto responded with personality, holding the ball with quality and searching Samu Omorodion, author of 11 goals in 12 games this season.
After half an hour, Fabio Vieira In one swift move, he had an unparalleled opportunity with a great shot with a thread that crashes into the crossguard, then the ball hits the post and bounces on the same line.
Romagnoli scored from a corner
Samu also has one it was at the end of the first half when he missed the ball that Galeno gave him in the small area by millimeters. But Lazio, in a strategic move, went to the locker room with an advantage thanks to a psychological goal when they were having the worst time.
This is in the last play of the first act. The fireproof Pedro Rodríguez takes a cornerTaty Castellanos played a header and Romagnoli, with his head, hits the ball into the net.
Eustaquio makes a deal, but Pedro makes up his mind
In the second half the balance of forces was maintained until, for a while jump on the field Nico González (former Barça)a good through pass from Fabio Vieira found Galeno on the left, he surprised the local defense with a delayed pass for Stephen Eustaquio, who, alone, defeated Christos Mandas, with a hard shot against the post (66′).
Both teams looked for victory in the final period but there were no clear chances until, as in the first half, Lazio struck the final blow in extra time. Gustaf Isaksen placed a cross from the right which fell on Peter, who, alone, took control before beating goalkeeper Diogo Costa.
A goal, Pedro’s third in the Europa League and sixth of the season which upped Lazio and left Porto with 4 points, but still among the 16 teams that will play in the playoff for access to the round of 16. There are still four days to play.
match lineup
35
77
30
5
2
13
20
8
11
9
10
99
52
74
6
24
3
10
22
9
19
13
Olympic Stadium
Diogo Costa99
Martim Fernandes52
60′
88′
Francisco Moura74
Stephen Eustaquio6
65′
3′
66′
Nehuen Perez24
38′
49′
Tiago Djalo3
45′
66′
Fabio Vieira10
83′
80′
Alan Varela22
61′
66′
Samu Omorodion9
29′
75′
91′
Danny Namaso19
13′
61′
27′
70′
Galen13
Replacements
Claudio Ramos14
Otávio4
88′
João Mario23
60′
66′
Peter97
66′
Vasco Sousa15
Nico Gonzalez16
61′
Andre Franco20
83′
70′
Rodrigo Mora86
66′
Pepe11
61′
93′
Fran Navarro21
Deniz Gül27
75′
80′
Goncalo Borges70
coach
Marco Baroni
Vítor Bruno Clara Santos Motas Fernandes
Source: La Verdad
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