May the Signori show commence
Round of 32, Second Leg, Coppa Italia
Wednesday, September 2, 1992
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Lazio Ascoli 1-0
Lazio complete 5-0 aggregate win with a first half winner by their new striker
Today was the return leg of the Coppa Italia round of 32. In the first leg Lazio had trounced Ascoli 4-0 away. This game should be a mere formality.
The match
A crowd of 20,000 showed up for this 20.30 kick off.
Lazio despite the comfortable four-goal cushion fielded a strong XI. The only missing players were midfielders Claudio Sclosa and Paul Gascoigne plus striker Karl-Heinz Riedle
Ascoli had two players suspended; defender Paolo Benetti and forward Oliver Bierhoff.
The game was more like a friendly but Lazio dominated from the start.
In the 7th minute Beppe Signori began his battle with Ascoli keeper Fabrizio Lorieri which would be the predominant feature of the game. The goalstopper made several good saves on the blonde striker.
In the 23rd minute Signori looked to have beaten the future Roma keeper but his free kick shaved the crossbar.
The goal came in the 27th minute. A good one-two by Thomas Doll and Maurizio Neri was finished off by Signori with a powerful cross goal strike, 1-0.
On the half hour a Lorieri save to deny Signori again was nothing short of miraculous. Halftime 1-0.
In the second half things slowed down even more.
Ascoli had more possession and territory than in the first half but rarely threatened. Lazio were content to build fitness and practice their defensive movements.
In the 71st minute Lazio made their one and only change, bringing on Dario Marcolin for Doll.
Shortly after Ascoli made two substitutions; in the 75th minute Fiorenzo D'Ainzara came on for Pietro Zaini and in the 80th Angelo Pierleoni replaced Giovanni Spinelli.
A game which predictably had nothing to say as far as the qualification was concerned. For Lazio another win, another Signori goal and no injuries.
Lazio would now play another Serie B club Cesena in the next round. The Romagnoli had surprisingly knocked out Serie A side Sampdoria on away goals.
Who played for Lazio
Manager: Zoff
Who played for Ascoli
Lorieri, Pascucci, Pergolizzi, Zanoncelli, Fusco, Bosi, Cavaliere, Troglio, Spinelli (80' Pierleoni), Zaini (75' D'Ainzara), Carbone
Substitutes: Bizzarri, Di Rocco, Cioffi
Manager: Cacciatori
Referee: Dinelli
Goal: 27' Signori
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