After three losses in the last 4 games, Lazio has returned to victory and has done so in the challenge against the last place of the ranking, Crotones, which they defeated with the final score 3-2.
Despite a Champions League match against Bayern Munich next midweek, coach Simone Inzaghi did not spare any of his starters for today's challenge, appreciating the importance of this meeting in the race for a place in the Champions zone.
The Whites unlocked the challenge in the 14th minute, as after a cross by Radu, it was Milinkovic-Savic who shot accurately in the prone position with the goal and sent the ball into the net of Alex Cordaz. Moments later it was the captain Ciro Immobile who had the ball of the second goal on his feet, but his shot was stopped by Cordaz, while in the 29th minute Crotone found the advantage goal through the striker Simy.
The first half ended with the advantage of the capital, who scored the second goal after an Immobile-Luis Alberto combination, with the Spaniard sending the ball into the net for the second time for the white and blue club. Crotone kicked off the second half and after a quick exit on the attack, Junior Messias was stopped with a foul in the area, winning a penalty which Simy executed exactly, restoring the balance once again.
Lazio tried to react, but encountered a very good form of goalkeeper Cordaz, as well as a tight defense of friends, who went close to the third goal, but Reina did the miracle in Rispol's shot. The challenge was decided in the 84th minute, when a shot from distance Escalantes turned into an assist for Filippe Caiccedon, who after stopping the ball, shot accurately and sent the ball for the third time into the net, giving 3-points to the whites. .
With this victory, Lazio remains in seventh place with 46 points, 4 points away from Rome, which is the last of the Champions zone, while Crotone remains in last place and sees hopes for survival fade.
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