Everything in ten minutes

Season 2003-04

Game 10, Serie A

Sunday, October 26, 2003

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Lazio Bologna 2-1

Heaven, hell and heaven again in the last ten minutes.

In Campionato Lazio were fifth, slightly off the frontrunners. A win today would be very useful.

The match

After an Andres Guglieminpietro header which went very high over the crossbar, Lazio started to create chances. From a Sinisa Mihajlovic free kick, ball in the Bologna box, Jaap Stam probably tried to volley it in but in the end, it was a pass for Dejan Stankovic who could not make decent contact. In the 20th minute Fabio Liverani to Bernardo Corradi who, unmarked in front of the goalkeeper, tried a shot but Gianluca Pagliuca managed to parry. Immediately after Mihajlovic tried his speciality from 40 metres on a free kick but his shot shaved the post. In the 30th minute a Claudio Bellucci attempt was comfortably saved by Angelo Peruzzi.

Another big chance for Lazio in the 41st minute. Liverani for Stefano Fiore on the right, great cross, but Roberto Muzzi headed the ball wide from a favourable position. Towards the end of the half free kick for Bologna. Bellucci to Cesare Natali whose header was again saved by Peruzzi.

In the second half, after 15 minutes Stankovic from the left just inside the box tried a curling shot that was well saved by Pagliuca. In came Simone Inzaghi and Claudio Lopez for Stankovic and Muzzi and the game changed.

After a couple of protests, one for a last man foul on Inzaghi outside the box and one for a foul on Corradi in the box which did not persuade the referee, Lazio finally scored. In the 82nd minute Ousmane Dabo headed the ball towards the box, Marco Zanchi fumbled, ball for Inzaghi who avoided the return of Teixera Juarez and volleyed over Pagliuca for Lazio’s lead.

Game over? Nope. In the 87th minute there was a free kick for Bologna. Fabio Pecchia crossed in the middle and Dabo, in an attempt to head the ball out for a corner, mistakenly beat Peruzzi for the Rossoblu’s equaliser.

Game over? Nope. In the second minute of injury time, Claudio Lopez from the left sent a perfect cross for Corradi who headed it in.

Game over? It was now.

Who played for Lazio

Peruzzi, Oddo, Stam (46’ Negro), Mihajlovic, Favalli, Fiore, Dabo, Liverani, Stankovic (78’ Claudio Lopez), Corradi, Muzzi (57’ Inzaghi)