Torino-Lazio 2-3: Baroni scores first away win in a pyrotechnic match

Turin 29 September 2024 - After the winning away match in the debut of Europa League, Lazio also celebrates the first success away from home in Serie A. At the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, the team of Baroni surpasses in a pyrotechnic 2-3 the Turin and inflicts the Granata their first defeat of the season. Biancocelesti still ahead in the score, with Guendouzi e Day to give Lazio their first double advantage, shortens the gap Adams, before the two goals at the end of the match, the first one from the Roman side with noslin, then the backhand of Coco to fix the score on the final result. vanilla he thus loses his unbeaten streak in a challenge in which he is also sent off.

First half

Absent Milinkovic-Savic for the blow to the knee he suffered in Coppa Italia, there is Palari in goal for the Granata. For the rest, the formation presumed on the eve was confirmed, with Voyvoda, Masina e Coco in defense, a midfield composed of the center Tameze, Ricci e ilic, with Lazaro e Soda on the wings, the attack is made up of footings e Sanabria. Also Baroni fully confirms the ideas of the previous day: Provedel between the posts, protected by the back four made up of Lazzari, Crazy, Romagnoli e Tavares. In the median rovella e Guendouzi to distribute the ball, Isaac, Day e Weather in Zaccagni in three-quarters behind the taty castellanos.

It starts very well Lazio, well positioned on the pitch and immediately effective both in the pressing phase and when trying to set up the action on the ground. The first forays are a warning of what happens in the eighth minute of the game. On the left in fact he breaks through Nuno tavares: passed Tameze e Voyvoda the Portuguese puts the ball into the area for the trailer GuendouziThe French midfielder takes aim and shoots well with his flat foot, without however angling, but the ball filters through and fools Palari for the advantage of Lazio. The former Arsenal midfielder celebrates his first goal of the championship, fourth assist instead for the full-back who arrived in the summer. After just eight minutes it is 0-1 for the Lazio.

The goal conceded seems to reawaken the spirits a little Turin, slightly on the ropes after the first few minutes of the match. So the first offensive forays also arrive from the boys of vanilla, but never managing to break through the white and blue defensive line. The team of Baroni is well positioned on the pitch and is very good at creating density when the ball is circulating dangerously in its final metres. On the other hand, Toro tends to disjoin when it manages to close down the away team in the final metres of its own half of the pitch. 

The game continued like this for almost the entire duration of the first half, without any further occasions, apart from the one that led to Lazio's lead. To see two shots on target again, it was necessary to wait until the 41st minute when the Turin finds the first real dangerous action of his match. Ilic coordinates in the penalty area on a teammate's pass and tries a left-footed volley, but on the well-aimed shot he flies Provedel to reject the ball. He also tries to continue the action footings, but his header is blocked again by the Biancoceleste goalkeeper. The immediate scare is Lazio responds with an offensive attempt of his own: again Tavares to spread panic on the left lane, then serve Dia in the area, but his diagonal is weak and blocked by PalariThese are the last two chances of the first half, which ends with the score at 0-1, thanks to the goal by Guendouzi.

Second half

Two changes at half time for vanilla, in Turin the time comes for Adams e Pedersen, they go out Tameze e Soda, the idea is to have more quality in the final meters, also taking advantage of the Scottish player's accelerations. The center of gravity of the Granata is thus raised in search of an equalizer, but the first opportunity of the second half is for the Biancocelesti. In fact, following a set piece, the ball ends up at the feet of Castilians, who kicks hard towards the near post: Paleari's reflex to block the ball. The home team's goalkeeper is again the protagonist a minute later on the development of the following corner, with a great save on Romagnoli from zero distance to deny the guests the doubling.

Il Turin but it is definitely more reactive than in the first half, thanks above all to the new arrival Adams. After the yellow card for Sanabria in fact the Scotsman in the 58th minute threw the Lazio defence into turmoil with an effective combination together with footings, culminating with a powerful right-footed shot on goal: he makes do Provedel to deflect into a corner. It seems like a good time for the Turin, but two minutes after this Turin opportunity, the doubling of the score arrives Lazio. Counterattack on the right led by Isaksen, who then puts a delightful ball into the area: a backheel Weather in Zaccagni who frees three companions, among them the fastest is Day, control and right on goal and Palari beaten. Fifth goal in white and blue for the Senegalese and 0-2 for the team Baroni.

By virtue of the double disadvantage, vanilla goes hunting for further solutions from the bench. They enter like this Njie e vlasic, to Lazaro e Sanabria, while in Lazio Isaksen is cautioned. The Biancocelesti are always very dangerous, even more so now that they also have the solution in depth. In fact, at 65' Castilians with a beautiful movement in depth he sows the opposing defence, but kicks straight at Palari once one-on-one with the goalkeeper. An old football adage says: "A missed goal is a goal conceded", and that's exactly what happened at the Olimpico Grande Torino. Two minutes after Taty's mistake, in fact, came the goal by That Adams which shortens distances. ilic splits the defense in two, before serving vlasic: the Croatian raises his head and offers the Scotsman at his side, the Briton takes aim and with a surgical diagonal shot beats Provedel to halve the deficit to 1-2.

On the grenade net, Baroni runs for cover on the bench: thus comes the time for the entrances of Vecino, Pellegrini e Tchaouna, to Day, Tavares e Isaac. A very nervous phase of the match followed with many yellow cards. The first two yellow cards were Crazy e ilic, then follows the expulsion for a double yellow card for vanilla, whose furious protests on the bench did not seem to diminish. Yellow also for Weather in Zaccagni in a very nervous central phase of the second half. The match thus enters its last ten minutes with the entries of Maripan for Voyvoda in Taurus (last change), and that of Marusic for Lazzari in the Capitoline Hill.

Tension reigned in the last 10 minutes of the game, a deadlock broken by the entrance of noslin for Castilians, a decisive substitution for the match. The Dutchman comes on and gives the Biancocelesti a two-point lead again. Vecino opens the field for Pellegrini, who crosses low into the area, the South American's touch frees up his new teammate, who scores the 1-3 for Lazio with a low right-footed shot in the 89th minute. Turin but he is very hard to kill and two minutes later he finds the goal for 2-3: a free kick sent into the area by Ricci, shore of Masina for Coco, who coordinates and scores a sort of wonderful overhead kick. The final effort of the Granata is not enough to find the equaliser, so Sozza promptly blows the final whistle, decreeing the first away success of the Biancocelesti and the first Granata defeat of the season. Serie A.