He was nervous but started this year’s Serie A with three points Lazio!
The Romans found themselves chasing the score from the very 3rd minute of their home premiere against the newly-minted Venicebut they managed to find the twist, finally celebrating the victory with 3-1 and starting with the right hand their official duties for the new season.
Andersen “froze” the “Olympic” in the 3rd minute, when o Andersen took advantage of the inertia in the defense of the home team, opening the score with a perfect placement! However, Lazio did not take long to react, with the Castegianos to steal the ball from an unwary Svoboda, leveling the score at 1-1, while turning the tide before the end of the first half with a well-placed penalty from Jakani. Afterwards, the “Lazziali” created opportunities for a third goal, which they finally found just before the finale (81′), with an own goal by Altare.
In the other game of the evening for the 1st matchday of Serie A, Cagliari and Roma they failed to “translate” into goals the abundant opportunities they created, staying in a draw 0-0.
The 1st matchday in detail:
Saturday 17/08
Genoa-Inter 2-2
(20′ Vogliakos, 90+6′ Mesias – 30′, 85′ Turam)
Parma-Fiorentina 1-1
(22′ Mann – 75′ Biraghi)
Empoli-Monza 0-0
Milan-Turin 2-2
(89′ Morata, 90+5′ Okafor – 30 auto Tiao, 68′ Zapata)
Sunday 18/08
Bologna-Udinese 1-1
(57′ pen. Orsolini – 68′ Giannetti)
Verona-Naples 3-0
(50′ Libramento, 75′, 90’+4′ Mosquera)
Cagliari-Rome 0-0
Lazio-Venice 3-1
(11′ Kastegianos, 44′ pen. Tzakani, 81′ auto. Altare – 3′ Andersen)
Monday 19/08
Lecce-Atalanda (19.30)
Juventus-Como (21.45)
The next (2nd) matchday:
Saturday 24/08
Parma-Milan (19.30)
Udinese-Lazio (19.30)
Inter-Lecce (21.45)
Monza-Genoa (21.45)
Sunday 25/08
Fiorentina-Venice (19.30)
Torino-Atalanta (19.30)
Napoli-Bologna (21.45)
Roma-Emboli (21.45)
Monday 26/08
Cagliari-Como (19.30)
Verona-Juventus (21.45)
Source: Sport Fm
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