Among the revelations of the Serie A championship there is certainly one Nuno Tavares. The Portuguese winger, who arrived on loan with the obligation to buy for just 6 million euros, in addition to a percentage on future resale, is having a start to the season beyond all expectations in Baroni’s Lazio. This is demonstrated by his convincing performances and above all his assists: already 8 in this championship.
It is no coincidence that the class of 2000 leads the special ranking of Serie A assisters, with a 4 assist advantage over Lukaku of Napoli and Lookman of Atalanta. Here it is in detail:
Tavares 8
Lukaku 4
Lookman 4
Lazovic 3
Lazarus 3
Leao 3
Pulisic 3
Neres 3
Retegui 3
De Ketelaere 3
Adli 2
Belahyane 2
Ox 2
Darmian 2
Brenner 2
Day 2
Conceicao 2
Fadera 2
Haj Anas 2
Kamara 2
Kyriakopoulos 2
Lupert 2
Man 2
Masina 2
Mbangoula 2
McKennie 2
Ndoye 2
Kvaratskhelia 2
Nico Paz 2
Pereira 2
Pezzella 2
Theo Hernandez 2
Thuram M. 2
Yildiz 2
Zaccagni 2
Lautaro Martinez 2
Gosens 2
Stretcher 2
Valeri 2
Vlasic 2
Lookman 1
Anjorin 1
Yeboah 1
Dossena 1
Duda 1
El Shaarawy 1
Isaksen 1
Lykogiannis 1
Abraham 1
Only Armero had done better than Tavares
Marco Baroni’s Lazio flies. In the postponement of the 10th matchday of Serie A, the Capitoline team also advanced to Como (5-1) and moved to third place in the standings together with Fiorentina and Atalanta, at 19; at Sinigaglia it was decided by the goals of Castellanos (double), Pedro, Patric and Tchaouna, the goal of the temporary 1-2 scored by Mazzitelli was useless. Braunoder (62′) and Tavares (66′) were sent off, reaching 8 assists in 8 games. Despite the expulsion, as mentioned, Nuno Tavares is still talked about in terms of numbers and assists: according to the data reported by OptIn fact, no player has provided more assists than Nuno Tavares this season in the top five European leagues: eight. The last Serie A defender to have served more winning passes in a single season was Pablo Armero (10 in 2011/12).