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20-12-2010

LAZIO-UDINESE 3-2

High noon at “Olimpico”: it’s Lazio in the end.

LAZIO-UDINESE 3-2 (1-0)

SCORERS: 2mins Hernanes (L), 49mins Sanchez (U), 51mins Biava (U), 61mins Denis (U), 87mins autogol Zapata

LAZIO (4-2-3-1): Muslera; Lichtsteiner, Biava, Dias, Diakitè; Ledesma, Matuzalem (88mins Bresciano); Mauri, Hernanes, Zarate (70mins Kozak); Rocchi (92mins Gonzalez). Unused subs: (Berni, Scaloni, Stendardo, Foggia) Coach: Reja

UDINESE (3-5-2): Handanovic; Benatia, Coda, Zapata; Isla (88mins Corradi), Pinzi, Inler, Asamoah (58mins Denis), Armero (77mins Domizzi); Sanchez, Di Natale. Unused subs: (Belardi, Badu, Pasquale, Floro Flores) Coach: Guidolin

NOTES: Bookings: Coda (U), Matuzalem (L), Inler (U), Benatia (U). Injury time 1 and 5mins
ROME – Lazio-Udinese is a commercial for football. Goals, show, correctness: everything at the “Olimpico” Stadium in Rome, in today’s match valid (“which was valid”?) for day 17 of (“the”?) Serie A championship. Lazio immediately punishes Guidolin’s Udinese: Hernanes’ left-foot kick from the limit (??) of the area doesn’t give Handanovic any mercy. Udinese’s reaction is pure fury and in less than 10 minutes they create three good occasions with close passes giving Lazio’s defence some hard times. (?) Unfortunately Di Natale first, then Isla and Armero cannot score the drawing goal. Hernanes’ cross and Handanovic’s double miracle on Lichtsteiner and Hernanes settle accounts of the occasions. (??) The second half opens in a sparkling way: after 4 minutes Lazio’s defence forget about Sanchez leaving him in the area, letting him score with a header perfectly served by Di Natale. But Lazio retrieves soon: after a corner, Reja’s men use Dias’ elevation who hits towards Biava, making a perfect execution. Guidolin battens down the hatches sending in German Denis for Asamoah. “El Tanque” pays off the coach’s trust and after one minute manages to score in Muslera’s goal the 2-2 ball. But when the match seems to be coming to an end with a well-deserved draw, Zapata, trying to anticipate Kozak’s header, deviates the ball in his own goal giving Lazio their last 2010 points.