Yes, Carlo Chievo is another thing. And, after stopping Napoli in his field, he also stops Lazio, making it slip out of the Champions League. He stops her with the same weapons with which he had surprised the San Paolo. Fierce pressing, healthy competitive nastiness, concentration from the first to the last minute. Ingredients that, instead, Lazio at this time uses light. Inzaghi's team, after a first time unwatchable, wakes up in the second half, but not to the point to go beyond a draw that certifies a moment if not crisis, at least difficulty. It is the third consecutive draw in the league, after those with Sassuolo and Milan. And it's the fourth match in a row without successes, including the cup. The punticino, in short, is of little use. That of Chievo, vice versa, while not moving the classification, is a further injection of confidence to believe in a mission (salvation) that remains very complicated.
IN THE SIGN OF PELLISSIER - The first time is from the very first bars the confrontation between a hungry and determined team, the Chievo, and a crippling and presumptive, the Lazio. It can be understood from the very first play beats. At the first useful ball, after a few seconds from the start, Pellissier touches the goal on Obi's cross and the general sleep of Lazio defense. The players of Di Carlo throw themselves on all the balls, make a pressing suffocating across the board. And, as soon as they can, they reverse the action. After a couple of nuanced attempts for the providential diagonals of Radu and Wallace, the perfect crime materializes in the 25th minute. In an amen Chievo transforms a ball recovery on the trocar in the action that leads to the advantage. The assist is Birsa for the execution of Pellissier (the eighth goal against Lazio, his favorite victim). Chievo tries again with Meggiorini a few minutes later and then slows down a bit 'in the last ten minutes. During which Lazio manages to appear in the opposing area. A header by Correa and a shot by Parolo the opportunities created by the biancocelesti. Too little to hope for a draw. There would also be a shot of Immobile on which Sorrentino performs a half miracle, but the game was stopped for offside by the attacker.
BALANCED RECOVERY - Change the score in the second half, with Chievo understandably unable to bring the same exasperated pressing of the first half and a Lazio a little more present to itself. Inzaghi the redesign with a 4-3-1-2, thanks to the entrance of Caicedo instead of Radu. The double striker (Caicedo-Immobile) with a supportive playmaker (Correa) has at least the power to wake up the biancoceleste team. That fails to overturn the game, but at least not to lose it. It is Property to avoid the k.o. at 21 'after a nice combination with Correa. And the striker, who had previously touched the tie (good Sorrentino), is very close to doubling, but the pole stops him. Then Badelj and Correa try again, without success. Chievo, after the critical moment, reorganizes itself in the final. Thanks also to the providential changes of Di Carlo. Who inserts Cacciatore (for Meggiorini), then the former Djordjevic and finally Kiyine, going to 3-5-2. The moves are effective and in the end we miss the hosts who are not back in the lead. The good ball happens on Kiyine's foot, which is crossed for Pellissier, but the bomber's shot is not irresistible and Patric manages to save on the line.
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