Lazio win despite referee
- Simon Basten
- Sep 21, 2022
- 3 min read
Game 2, Champions League Group A
Wednesday, September 22, 1999
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Lazio Dynamo Kiev 2-1
Biancocelesti come back from behind to beat Dynamo Kiev after a ridiculous penalty awarded to the Ukrainians
The Biancocelesti had played three Serie A games so far, winning their first against Cagliari which was followed by a draw at Bari and a win at home against Torino.
In Champions League they were in a group with Bayer Leverkusen, Dynamo Kiev and NK Maribor. They had drawn their first game in Germany a week earlier.
The match
Lazio attacked in the first half and in the 16th minute there was a free kick 25 metres out. Sinisa Mihajlovic on the ball. Repeat of last week at Leverkusen? Almost. His curling shot was palmed onto the crossbar by the keeper. Five minutes later Pavel Nedved shaved the post with a shot from very far out.
Around the half hour after a Mihajlovic corner kick an Alen Boksic header went wide with Oleksandr Shovkovski caught in no man’s land. Immediately after, a cross from Juan Sebastian Veron found Roberto Mancini alone in the box but instead of controlling the ball, he headed it to the upcoming Nevded who tried a shot which went too high. In the 40th minute Nedved tried again from the left, great save from the keeper who managed to get a hand to it and deflect into corner. But neither ref nor the linesman saw the keeper's touch. Manuel Diaz Vega was starting to get on everybody’s nerves. Towards the end of the first half a dangerous freekick taken by Kakha Kaladze was well saved into corner by Marco Ballotta.
In the 47th minute Mancini crossed for Boksic who tried a header but Shovkovski parried into corner. 120 seconds later Nedved crossed from left, the keeper went for the catch but fumbled, Boksic tried a bicycle kick which became an assist for Dejan Stankovic. Open goal, but his volley hit the woodwork and went out.
In the 51st minute out went Stankovic and in came Marcelo Salas. Lazio continued to press but their attacks were fuelled more by fury than thought. In the 67th minute Mancini tried a shot but it was well saved by the keeper. Immediately after Serhij Rebrov to Serhij Konovalov who easily passed Beppe Favalli and in front of Ballotta was anticipated by Mihajlovic in a sliding tackle. Sinisa clearly got the ball but the ref indicated a penalty much to the bewilderment of everybody else on the pitch and in the stands. No VAR in those times, Rebrov took the spotkick and it was 1-0 for the visitors.
Lazio camped themselves in the Dynamo half and in three minutes had three corners. On the third, in the 72nd minute, the ball was cleared but Nedved crossed in the box again. It was a very high ball, Paolo Negro went for the header, perfectly angled, 1-1.
Three minutes later Boksic went for the cross on the left, Shovkovski put a hand to the ball which then travelled to the right, Salas controlled it with his chest and volleyed it in for Lazio’s deserved lead. A wonderful goal.
Nothing much happened as Lazio closed all the spaces and Dynamo did not have the strength to come back. Fundamental win for the Biancocelesti.
Who played for Lazio
Ballotta, Negro, Nesta, Mihajlovic, Favalli, Stankovic (51’ Salas), Veron (81’ Lombardo), Almeyda, Nedved, Boksic, Mancini (75’ Simeone)
Manager: Eriksson
Who played for Dynamo Kyiv
Shovkovski, Fedorov, Vaschuk, Golovko, Dmytrulin, Gerasimenko (46' Konovalov), Kormiltsev (46' Kosovsky), Gusin, Kaladze, Shatskikh (82' Vehlinski), Rebrov
Substitutes: Kernozenko, Yezerski, Mamedov, Radchenko
Manager: Lobanovsky
Referee: Diaz Vega
Goals: 68’ Rebrov (pen), 72’ Negro, 75’ Salas
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