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Season 1976-77

Game 3, Serie A

Sunday, October 24, 1976

Stadio Olimpico, Rome 

Lazio Bologna 3-0

The Biancocelesti crush Bologna. The new course seems to be going in the right direction.

Source Lazio Wiki

In Serie A, so far Lazio had lost 3-2 at home to Juventus then won in Florence. Today was the third match of the season.

The match

Lazio were absolutely brilliant in the first minutes of the game and after only four went ahead. Roberto Badiani from the right crossed into the box and Gigi Martini on the other side headed the ball down under the goalkeeper's legs for Lazio’s first goal of the day.

Martini was the main change in the squad compared to the first games and he was devastating. But after 20 minutes Lazio were forced to a change as Luciano Re Cecconi went off injured. Pietro Ghedin came in as left back and Martini was moved further forward. This created a little bit of a stalemate in the Biancocelesti’s game as it took a while to get their bearings straight.

But in the second half it was an onslaught. In the 50th minute Ghedin crossed from the left, Renzo Garlaschelli headed the ball towards the goal, out by a whisker. In the 63rd minute Vincenzo D’Amico went forward looking for a way to give the ball to the forwards. Badiani, silently, moved next to him on the left and went forward. Vincenzino gave him the ball and the hero of last year’s final match at Como beat Franco Mancini with a clinical shot.

In the 67th minute a Bruno Giordano freekick was brilliantly saved by the Bologna keeper. Two minutes later Martini on the right passed to Garlaschelli, who tried a shot parried by Mancini, on a second attempt  Mancini was again in the way. In the 90th minute D’Amico on the right, despite being injured, dribbled past a Bologna defender and scored Lazio’s third.

Spectacular game from the Biancocelesti. A pity losing Re Cecconi and D’Amico through injury though.

Who played for Lazio

Pulici, Ammoniaci, Martini, Wilson, Manfredonia, Cordova, Garlaschelli, Re Cecconi (20’ Ghedin), Giordano, D’Amico, Badiani

Substitutes: Garella, R.Rossi

Manager: Vinicio

Who played for Bologna

Mancini, Roversi, Cresci, Paris, Battisodo, Massimelli, Rampanti, Maselli, Clerici, Nanni (64' Chiodi), Grop

Substitutes: Adani, Valmassoi

Manager: Giagnoni

Referee: Ciacci

Goals: 4’ Martini, 63’ Badiani, 90’ D’Amico

Sources

Lazio Wiki