A game with a thousand faces between Parma And Lazio. The yellow-blues of Pecchia they beat Lazio 3 to 1 at the end of a match that started in one way and developed into a diametrically opposite one. In the end, 3 very heavy saving points for the ducals, despite 2 goals conceded and a penalty first awarded and then taken away from Baroni’s team.
Rovella does everything. Parma is saved
Ready-go Rovella scores when just over a minute has passed: great shot from outside the area that goes into the corner. After a check on the monitor, however, referee Zufferli punishes a foul by Rovella at the start of the action. Not even 5 minutes pass and Rovella himself makes a mess: a suicidal back pass directly to the feet of Man who thanks, controls and scores. Castellanos goes close to equalising: Isaksen serves a good cross for the attacker who heads it well but Balogh is decisive on the line. Lazio found another goal shortly after the half hour mark: a deep ball from Rovella to Castellanos who started with a moment to spare and scored with a nice turn, but the Argentine was in an offside position. At the end of the half, Isaksen’s great chance hits a sure shot from Zaccagni’s cross, but Valeri is well positioned on the line and ready to save his team. There is room for another thrill for the hosts: Keita-Zaccagni contact, the referee awards the penalty, but the VAR calls him back to the monitor and the match director retraces his steps. Great nervousness at the end, with the two benches almost coming to blows after the last foul called by Zufferli.
Super-Suzuki, then Mohamed explodes the right hand
Pedro came on in the second half, with Parma goalkeeper Suzuki being the absolute protagonist to save his team. The reflection on Romagnoli’s deflection in the 52nd minute is monstrous and is the prelude to the yellow and blue’s second goal. Charpentier recovers a ball from Rovella, serves the nineteen-year-old Haj Mohamed who lets off a right-footed shot that goes into seven. Nice debut as a starter for the Tunisian. Suzuki performs another miracle on Tchaouna who had coordinated well on the volley in the 76th minute, then the same goalkeeper creates an omelette by misunderstanding Valeri, the ball remains there and Castellanos thanks him by scoring from two steps and reopening the game. Lazio attacks with their heads down, but Parma closes them on the counterattack in full injury time. Charpentier again works a ball well, serves Delprato thrown into the open field and it’s 3 to 1.
Baroni’s words
At the end of the match, the Biancoceleste coach Marco Baroni spoke in the press conference: “Proud of the boys, it was a difficult match also from an emotional point of view. Generous and dedicated match, unfortunately there are mistakes and they should not be repeated, in the third goals we were losing balance, there was a desire to equalize. But the first two arise from situations that we are looking for, we must not repeat them but the performance convinced me. I don’t want to comment, otherwise we won’t finish.”