Serie A, Lazio-Torino 4-0: double Immobile, Mazzarri risks | News

THE MATCH

Four strokes to keep going up the slope and hold on to the first class train. Thus Inzaghi archives the insidious challenge with Torino, sending a strong and clear message to those who aspire to the Champions area. Yeah, because poker trimmed to grenades smells a lot of Europe. A little because it is the right outcome of a total domination on the playing field, partly because it tells the story of a united and convinced group. Convinced not only of his own means, but also of the project. Inzaghi's team plays well, scores in bursts and has clear ideas. Certainly, Immobile weighs on the performance of the bianconcelesti, but Ciro is only the terminal of a team that always wants to play the game relying on the technique, the geometries and the qualities of the performers. A different subject for Torino, which has not won for over a month now and seems to have lost the way to react and stay afloat. At the moment for the grenades the classification is crying and no positive signs can be seen. Both in terms of the game, and on the performance of the individual, struggling with a disturbing involution. Also on the character plane. A bad blow for Mazzarri, whose position, after confirming Cairo, now really wobbles.

In Rome, the first time was slow, but then it gave spectacle and emotions. Lazio makes the ball run patiently, looking for Luis Alberto to light up the maneuver and verticalise for Caicedo and Immobile. With Baselli and Meite narrow in the middle and Lukic a man on Cataldi, however, there is little room to pass and the study phase lasts up to a quarter of an hour. Short and compact, the grenades defend with order, forcing the biancocelesti to insist on long balls to jump the midfield and look for solutions. With the match blocked and the teams arranged almost like a mirror, the first ring is Belotti, but the stunt of the Gallo ends up high. Then Lulic arrives late on a dangerous cross by De Silvestri, Caicedo sends it wide from a good position and Cataldi touches the post on a free kick. Three flashes that light up the Olimpico and inspire Acerbi, extraordinary at drawing the joker with a thirty-meter spell. A feat that breaks the balance and directs the match on the bianconcelesti tracks. With Lulic under pressure on De Silvestri and Toro on tilt, Lazio is making a difference in the middle of the pitch by increasing the pace, pressing and quality of play. Luis Alberto dances between the lines and, after the umpteenth ball lost in the median by the grenade, Immobile does not forgive on the break. Bis that shortly after the half hour the band of Mazzarri sinks and closes the first fraction.

Below by two goals, in the second half Torino immediately reacted. Strakosha stops a Meite missile from the edge, then Belotti's tap-in prints on the crossbar. A flicker that gives morale to the grenades and convinces Mazzarri to throw Verdi into the fray, but that does not change the inertia of the race. Rather. Short and balanced, Lazio continues to grind a remittance game and create chances. Orsato cancels a goal from Caicedo for an irregular position of Immobile, then Lulic touches the set of heads. Tris that instead still comes from the foot of Immobile, cold to transform the penalty awarded for a foul in the area of ​​N'koulou (expelled) on Caicedo. Forward of three goals and in numerical superiority, in the final Lazio plays on velvet. Sirigu avoids the boat by stopping Correa, Parolo and Marusic, then at 90 'he gives in to a crash and giving away the fourth goal to the biancocelesti with Belotti. A very bitter poker for Mazzarri, who no longer knows how to win and now risks big with the derby on the horizon. Inzaghi instead takes another step forward in the standings and dreams.

REPORT CARDS

Building 8: another real bomber test. Relentless sniper and inexhaustible terminal. The right with which he signs the encore is a perfect mix of power and precision. Cold from the spot. More and more top scorers.
Acerbi 7.5: magical evening. Behind is a good guard, in the offensive phase he allows himself the luxury of unlocking the race with a missile from thirty meters that mocks Sirigu.
Luis Alberto 7: dances between the lines and illuminates the maneuver dictating the times and verticalizing with precision. Always the right choice in every area of ​​the field. Only the personal seal is missing
Sirigu 5: Acerbi's goal is a feat, but something more could have been done between the posts. On the doubling Immobile takes the time and the mockery. On the contrary, he cannot do anything. Mess on 4-0 with Belotti.
Lukic 5: Mazzarri places him as a man on Cataldi to defuse the biancoceleste play, but it is he who goes haywire. Few ideas, leg and nastiness.
Belotti 5.5: runs, fights and harasses the soul to try to worry Lazio's defense. However, grit and anger are not enough. In the second half the crossbar stops him and messes up Lazio's fourth goal

THE TABLE

LAZIO-TORINO 4-0
Lazio (3-5-2): Strakosha 6; Patric 6.5 (34 'st Luiz Felipe 6), Acerbi 7.5, Radu 6; Marusic 6, Milinkovic 6.5, Cataldi 6.5 (30 'st Parolo 6), Luis Alberto 7, Lulic 6.5; Caicedo 6.5 (27 'st Correa 6), Building 8.
To avail.: Warriors, Alia, Lukaku, Leiva, Berisha, Bastos, Jony, Lazzari, Adekanye. All .: Inzaghi 7
Turin (3-4-1-2): Sirigu 5; Izzo 6, N'koulou 4.5, Lyanco 5 (6 'st Verdi 5); De Silvestri 5.5, Baselli 5.5 (30 'st Djidji 6), Meite 5, Laxalt 5.5; Lukic 5; Zaza 5.5 (22 'st Iago Falque 5.5), Belotti 5.5.
To disp .: Ujkani, Rosati, Iago Falque, Ansaldi, Berenguer, Millico, Aina, Bremer. All .: Mazzarri 5
Referee: Orsato
Scorers: 25 'Acerbi (L), 32' Immobile (L), 25 'st rig. Building (L), 45 'st aut. Belotti (T)
Booked: Acerbi, Marusic (L)
Expelled: 23 'st N'koulou (T) – double admonition

THE STATISTICS

• As in 2017/18, Ciro Immobile exceeded the 11-goal threshold in the first 10 league days; is the only player to have succeeded in the last 10 seasons of Serie A.
• Luis Alberto is the player who has served the most assist to a single player in the top-5 European championships 2019/20: four, in favor of Ciro Immobile.
• Lazio remained unbeaten in the last six Serie A home games (3V, 3N), winning three of the four most recent.
• Torino have lost four external races in a row in Serie A for the first time since October 2015, with Giampiero Ventura on the bench.
• It was from September 2017 with Juventus (0-4), that Torino did not lose with a deficit of four or more goals in Serie A.
• Luis Alberto rises to six assists in this Serie A, more than any other player.
• That of Francesco Acerbi is the first goal from outside the marked area of ​​Lazio in this league.
• Last season, Immobile had reached 12 goals only in March (at its 24th seasonal presence in the competition).
• Third assist for Sergej Milinkovic-Savic in this Serie A, he has already equaled the number of winning passes served in the last championship.
• Fifth goal in seven former Serie A matches for Ciro Immobile against Torino.