Thursday, January 29, 2009

Rossi, GO TO HELL!!!

Sampdoria - Lazio  3-1
(13’ Delvecchio, 51’ Cassano, 55’ Stankevicius - 30’ Rocchi)

In this match Lazio play well in First Half Match, they have some gold chances to make goal but Sampdoria GK could save it. Sampdoria open the match by goal from Delvechio 13', but Lazio's striker TOmassi Rochi make score 1-1 on half hour the match. Second Half match signed by 2 goal from sampdoria, one from Cassano and one more from Stankevicus. Lazio should get 2 penalty in second half, but referee did't give it, and Sampdoria also got 1 penalty but Musrela can save it. In the next part i will write about way  of the match that i got from goal.com

First Half 

It was the home side who came out quickest with Cassano immediately showing his talent down the left side as he put the shaky Lazio backline under some early pressure.

After 8 minutes Lazio had a great chance to open the scoring. A quick counter attack lead by Pandev was followed up by some silky dribbling within the Samp box by Meghni. When the ball fell to Mauri on the edge of the box the Italian snatched his shot and failed to test Castellazzi’s goal.

The home side hit back immediately and just three minutes later they took the lead when Delvecchio sliced home a Cassano free kick. Lazio yet again displayed their inability to defend from dead-ball situations as the seemingly harmless cross to the back post by Cassano was steered in by a marked Delvecchio.

On 17 minutes Pandev almost levelled the scoring when he skipped past two men in the box, but his subsequent shot was sprayed high and wide over the bar.

Cassano was in fine form as he provided a focal point for every attack. On 22 minutes he won another free-kick in a similar position to the earlier goal. Unfortunately Stankevicius’ subsequent cross was imprecise, and the Lazio defence breathed a sigh of relief.

Lazio began to lose their composure and a number of rushed passes began to infuriate Coach Delio Rossi, who asked his team to play the ball to feet more.

On the half hour mark the Lazio Coach got a response from his side when Tommaso Rocchi levelled the scoring. Ironically it was a precision long ball, floated over the top to Rocchi that setup the move. The Lazio Captain made no mistakes when he controlled on the chest and struck the ball on the half-volley past Castellazzi.

Lazio began to insist, but Cassano had a golden chance to put the home side ahead again when he controlled a wonderful cross-field pass by Ziegler. Unfortunately he had little time to attempt a shot as Muslera rushed off his line to snatch the ball from under his feet.

When the whistle blew for half-time, both teams were left feeling frustrated after failing to capitalise on their numerous chances.

Second Half

In the interval Lazio Captain Tommaso Rocchi was given a surprise early bath when he was substituted for Zarate. 

Shortly after, the mercurial youngster almost repaid his Coach’s faith with a delightful chip on the edge of the box, which tested Castellazzi’s reflexes to the limit as his tipped the ball over the bar.

On 50 minutes Cassano produced a moment of sheer brilliance and gifted the home side a vital goal. After skipping past Lichtsteiner on the edge of the box, he took two steps right and launched a rocket into the top right corner of the goal. 

Just four minutes later Lazio quite literally fell apart when Sampdoria added a third from a corner. As the ball was whipped into to the box, an unmarked Stankevicius simply had to head past a helpless Muslera to leave Lazio with a mountain to climb for the remainder of the game.

On 58 minutes Cassano went to ground in bizarre circumstances after complaining of stomach pains. The Doria hero was strechered off and then returned to the field moments later appearing rather white in the face.

Sampdoria had a chance to inflict further embarrassment on the visitors when Cassano was brought down in the box by Lichtsteiner on 58 minutes. Bellucci stepped up for the subsequent kick, but it was Muslera who had the last laugh after pulling off an impressive save, to deny the Doria forward.

Lazio tried to pick themselves up, and Delio Rossi threw on Foggia to give his side some added zip going forward. The change had an immediate effect as the Biancocelesti poured forward and pummelled the Sampdoria box.

As much as Lazio attacked it proved to no-avail, as the home side smothered their box with blue shirts leaving little space in which to move.

In the dying seconds a mini-brawl further demonstrated Lazio’s frustration as Sampdoria pulled out their crisis with a confidence boosting win. Lazio were again left to rue some abysmal defending from set-plays, that put their European dreams firmly in the balance.


Teams

Sampdoria (3-5-2): Castellazzi; Stankevicius, Lucchini, Gastaldello; Padalino (15’ Dessena), Ziegler, Palombo, Delvecchio, Pieri; Cassano (75’ Marilungo), Bellucci (89’ Mustacchio)

Lazio (4-3-1-2): Muslera; Lichtsteiner, Siviglia, Cribari, Radu; Dabo, Ledesma, Meghni (73’ Matuzalem); Mauri (63’ Foggia); Rocchi (45’ Zarate), Pandev


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