A great Pedro’s Lazio remain at the top of the Europa League standings with a solid victory in Amsterdam and already have 16 points in the League stage, the same as Athletic.
The canary, in a state of grace, is one of the key figures in the success of Marco Baroni’s team. The former Barça player provided a brilliant assist for Tchaouna’s 0-1 lead in the 12th minute and closed the game with a superb left-footed goal from outside the area in the final minutes.
Lazio were sweet and won with authority against Ajax despite the coach leaving eight theoretical starters on the bench. The inertia of the Roman team was so great that the eleven or the rival placed in front of them did not matter. Ajax exchanged blows in a power-to-power match but were defeated by Lazio’s attack. No one can fault Farioli’s young team, which has always maintained its identity and its ambition to succeed.
At the beginning of the second half Traoré scored the equalizer for the Dutch with a huge shot when he took advantage of a bad clearance by the ‘Lazial’ defense (47′) but the Italian team reacted immediately.
Recently introduced Zaccagni found the baseline on the left wing and his cross found no finisher until, alerted at the far post, Dele-Bashiru appeared. His shot was taken over the line by goalkeeper Pasveer as far as he could, but the referee, pointing to the clock, certified the goal (52′).
Ajax came back into the match in search of an equalizer but Pedro, completing an excellent counterattack, put the finishing touch on the match with a left-footed shot from outside the area. It was the former Barça player’s fourth goal in the Europa League. After six rounds, Lazio have five wins and just one draw.
Source: La Verdad
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