Italian Serie A Full Time Report: Lazio vs. Udinese – Late own goal gives Lazio the win in thriller (Part 1)
Lazio were set to take on Udinese, in what was one of the coldest winters in the last hundred years of European history. Prior to the game it was widely believed that the match would be called off due to bad weather, however Mother Nature was rather kind
to the Italian league. Reports later confirmed that Italy wasn't as badly affected as other parts of Europe by bad weather.
However the weather did happen to take its toll on the fans as the stadiums was rather empty for the game. Nonetheless the players weren't concerned about the turn up as they got things off, once the referee blew his whistle to indicate the start of the
match.
The home side managed to take the lead almost immediately after the kick off. With the match clock showing just two minutes of the game having been played, Lazio had their opening goal. The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lazio-c39775 keeper, Muslera rushed in the area to grab a loose ball, before
knocking it into the visitors half. Hernanes latched onto the ball and struck a crisp shot from nearly twenty yards out to give the home side the dream start.
Udinese however were not unmotivated by the setback, as they were looking to score almost immediately after the opening goal. On the fourth minute http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kwadwo-Asamoah-c21502 came close for the visitors, but his shot managed to swerve just wide of the mark at the last
second.
After the early scare from the visitors, Lazio started to slowly get a firm footing in the match once again. In the twenty fifth minute, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hernanes-c16150 belted another shot from range. However this time around the shot managed to smack off the woodwork, instead
of nestling in the back of the net.
Lazio were looking to get a late goal in the first half before going into the break as Lichsteiner was given a golden opportunity to help the home side go two up. With the goal at his mercy, the player managed to hit a rather tame effort and as a result
a golden opportunity for the team went begging.
Tags: