Great win despite thanks to and despite Rocchi

Updated: 6 days ago

Season 2004-05

Game 3, Serie A

Wednesday, September 22, 2004

Stadio Mario Rigamonti, Brescia

Brescia Lazio 0-2

Rocchi scores and is sent off, but Lazio resist and bring home the three points

In the first two games of the season the Biancocelesti had won in Genoa against Sampdoria and drawn at home with Reggina. They were not spectacular games, particularly the second one, but there was room for optimism.

The match

Brescia started strongly and in the 2nd minute a Andrea Caracciolo header off a Maurizio Domizzi corner was saved on the line by Antonio Filippini.

It was not a particular exciting match and the two teams played rather poorly but in the 29th minute Massimo Oddo sent a long ball from the defence that was picked up by Tommaso Rocchi who beat Martinez, moved towards the centre and then gave the ball a big whack that went past Luca Castellazzi.

Brescia were absent and in the 45th minute Lazio made it two. Free kick, cross into the box by Oddo and Fernando Couto headed the ball in.

In the second minute of injury time, a foul from behind by Rocchi on Jonathan Bachini was considered to be serious enough by the referee to show the red card to the Lazio centre forward.

A possible game changer? Not really. It took 22 minutes in the second half for Brescia to muster a shot at goal, with Giuseppe Sculli off a Simone Del Nero cross. It was comfortably saved by Matteo Sereni who in the 78th minute made a double save denying first Del Nero and then Bachini.

That was the maximum Brescia could do and Lazio controlled the rest of the game.

Who played for Brescia

Castellazzi, Adani (43' Stankevicius, 46' Mannini), Di Biagio, Mareco (64' Del Nero), Martinez, Milanetto, Guana, Domizzi, Bachini, Sculli, Caracciolo