“The match and the result were divided, Lazio’s first half ended at 1-0, Atalanta’s second half ended at 1-1. The match was really good, balanced in its imbalance, because 45′ all of one color and another 45 minutes all of another color give the idea of something extraordinary. This match was played by two real teams, convinced of their abilities, two teams strongly oriented towards the top of the table.” Thus begins the fund of Alberto Polverosi on the Corriere dello Sportto comment on Lazio-Atalanta.
He continues: “The difference is that today Atalanta is a finished product, Lazio’s has just begun, Gasperini’s team is certain of its size, Baroni’s is about to find it. It wasn’t easy to return to the field where the the previous time they had taken six, Lazio have a lot of strength inside and yesterday they erased the trauma of the 6-0 defeat by Inter, despite interrupting the streak of eleven victories in a row, since yesterday the Dea are once again at the top of the championship, but i they are from Lazio well into the fight, they have the means to maintain this pace.”
Closing on tonight’s big match, with a thought already on the derby at the beginning of January: “Tonight Roma plays at San Siro against Milan, the match between the disappointed great teams, the Lazio players will watch it on TV. On Sunday, in the derby, to challenge them at the level shown in the first half last night, Ranieri’s team will have to surpass themselves, and not by a little. The hope for Roma is that the Lazio of the second half will be true.”