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December 2, 1956: Sampdoria Lazio 0-1

Writer's picture: Simon BastenSimon Basten
Dec 2, 20244 min read

Moving up

 

Lazio win in Genoa with a Chiricallo goal and continue their progress up the table



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Source Lazio Wiki

The season so far


The previous season Lazio had arrived an excellent 3rd in the company of Inter. Great results with victories over Juventus, Milan (both home and away), Inter away and one of the derbies. The Biancocelesti had started so-so but after manager Luigi Ferrero was sacked and technical director Roberto Copernico left, the team had been taken over by Jesse Carver and Lazio in the second part of the season flourished.


Jesse Carver was confirmed and despite numerous difficulties at the club, quite a number of interesting players had arrived: defender Adelmo Eufemi (Livorno), midfielders Luigi Moltrasio (Torino) and Umberto Pinardi (Udinese) plus forwards Humberto Tozzi (Palmeiras) and Karl Aage Præst, legendary winger who had made 233 League appearances with Juventus. Leaving were Francesco Antonazzi (Chinotto Neri), Attilio Giovannini (Nissena), Giorgio Bravi (Taranto), Renzo Sassi (Udinese), Angelo Villa (Spal), Brunello Cocciuti (Reggina) and Rinaldo Olivieri (Triestina).


At the club, President Costantino Tessarolo and his deputy Mario Vaselli had had many economic difficulties. They had promised the players a 2 million lire bonus for the third place but they did not have the cash. The players and managers threatened to strike.

 

The problems resulted in a terrible start for Lazio and after eight games they were last. But once the economic problems were temporarily solved, the team had started to be more concentrated and the Biancocelesti had won the more recent game at home against Udinese.

 

The match: Sunday, December 2, 1956, Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa

 

It took Lazio and Sampdoria 27 minutes for the first shot at goal. Prior to that the Biancocelesti were in total control and the Blucerchiati were completely incapable of creating anything that could even remotely be called a goal scoring opportunity. In the 27th minute finally Ermes Muccinelli took a shot at goal that gave Ezio Bardelli the opportunity to make a good save and at least consider himself part of the gig. Three minutes later it was Pasquale Vivolo who gave the keeper some work. In the 34th minute Mario Tortul crossed into the box and Alfredo Arrigoni from the left hit the inside of the post. In the 42nd minute Nicola Chiricallo took a free kick, Primo Sentimenti V headed towards Franco Carradori who from a few metres kicked it over the crossbar.

 

A few seconds before the end of the first half, Sentimenti V crossed low, Chiricallo beat Bardelli to give Lazio the lead.

 

Sampdoria put their foot on the accelerator in the second 45 minutes but Lazio controlled the game. In the 66th minute Giuseppe Farina hit the crossbar with a thundering shot from outside the box. The Biancocelesti could have scored their second but Arne Selmosson arrived just a fraction late on a low Chiricallo cross.

 

In the 87th minute the referee gave a two-touch free kick to Sampdoria in the Lazio box. By that time Francesco Guarnaschelli had booked almost everybody on the pitch as tempers had been flying throughout the match. Perhaps if he had sent a few players deservedly off, they would have calmed down a little. Back to the free kick, Tortul took it and placed the ball in the back of the net. The referee was going to give the Blucerchiati the goal but the linesman had not seen anybody else touch the ball so it was disallowed. The Sampdoria players claimed that Pierluigi Ronzon had nicked it, but it looked unlikely.

 

Good win for Lazio in a difficult game.

 

Who played for Sampdoria

 

Bardelli, Farina, Agostinelli, Martini, Bernasconi, Mori, Agnoletto, Ronzon, Tortul, Ocwirk, Arrigoni

Manager: Czeizler

 

Who played for Lazio

 

Manager: Carver

 

Referee: Guarnaschelli

 

Goal: 44’ Chiricallo II

 

What happened next

 

At the end of the first half of the season Lazio were 4th with Napoli and Sampdoria, just six points away from the leaders Milan. In the end they finished third for the second consecutive year. Another excellent result, despite the initial problems. They had drawn away to Juventus and Roma, beaten future champions Milan 3-0 and won away against Inter. They finished the season with a 6-2 win away at Palermo.

 

Molino, Lovati and Selmosson had the most appearances (34) and the Swede the most goals (12).


Let's talk about Nicola Chiricallo


Source Lazio Wiki

Nicola Chiricallo was born in Bari on December 2, 1933. He began his football career in the Bari youth teams and debuted in Serie C in 1951. In 1953 he was loaned to Trani in Serie D where he played with his brother Giovanni. From 1954 to 1956 he played for Romulea in Rome and then signed for Lazio. He was noticed by Manager Jesse Carver and his assistant Enrico Radio.

 

He stayed on the right side of the Tiber for three seasons as a backup forward and did not play very much, just 14 appearances with three goals. He did however appear regularly for the reserves team (57 appearances and 16 goals).

 

In 1959 he signed for Ozo Mantova in Serie B followed by two years with Taranto in Serie C. In 1962 he joined Liberty Bari in Serie D where he stayed for five seasons. His last years of professional football were with Matova in Serie C.

 

Once he stopped playing, he became a manager coaching a number of teams in the minor tiers: Matera (two stints), Salernitana, Juve Stabia, Lecce, Brindisi, Benevento, Siracusa, Nocerina, Rende, Reggina and Monopoli. With Lecce he won a Serie C league in 1975-76.

 

He died on March 6, 2004. He suffered a heart attack on the pitch while playing a friendly amongst old-timers.


Lazio Career

Season

Total appearances (goals)

Serie A

Coppa Italia

1956-57

8 (3)

8 (3)

-

1957-58

3

3

-

1958-59

3

1

2

Total

14 (3)

12 (3)

2

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