Devil too loose, Lazio thrash Milan

Simon Basten
Sep 9, 2023
3 min read

Season 2017-18

Game 3, Serie A

Sunday, September 10, 2017

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Lazio Milan 4-1

4-0 after 50 minutes, a dream match for the Biancocelesti

The season kicked off to a good start. Lazio managed to beat Juventus 3-2 in the Italian Super Cup with a goal in the dying seconds from youngster Alessandro Murgia. Doubles from Ciro Immobile and Paolo Dybala had made the game 2-2.

Today was the third Serie A fixture. The Biancocelesti had drawn at home the first game against Spal and then won away at Chievo.

The match

Milan dominated the first 15 minutes with Lazio in clear difficulty but all they could muster was a Franck Kessie shot in the 9th minute from outside the box but central which was comfortably saved by Thomas Strakosha.

Then Lazio slowly started to take control of the game. In the 16th minute Ciro Immobile was blatantly pushed as he was about to jump after a Dusan Basta cross from the right but the ref was not impressed. Ten minutes later it was the turn of Luis Alberto to be fouled in the box but again the referee signalled to play on. In the 37th minute the Spaniard was fouled again in the box, a this time by Kessie. Third time lucky? Yes, the referee finally indicated the spot kick and Immobile made no mistake.

In the 42nd minute Senad Lulic went down the right wing and crossed into the box. Immobile was on the far post, he got into position and with a splendid volley beat Gigi Donnarumma for the second time.

In the 48th minute it was 3-0. Lulic from the left, in the middle for Luis Alberto who stopped the ball and with a magnificent touch passed to Immobile who scored his hat-trick.

And it was still not over. Immobile went onto the counter attack, ball in the middle for the upcoming Luis Alberto, 4-0.

Lazio closed shop and Milan took advantage reducing the deficit in the 56th minute with Riccardo Montolivo. They had another opportunity to score in the 65th minute when Hakan Calhanoglu crossed from the left, Mateo Musacchio tried to make contact but could not, Strakosha managed to parry and then Kessie shot to the clouds. Immobile did try to score again but first he shot wide all alone in front of Donnarumma in the 70th minute and then the Milan keeper saved his shot from outside the box a minute later.

A wonderful match from Simone Inzaghi’s team, Milan in deep trouble

Who played for Lazio

Strakosha, Wallace (15’ Bastos), de Vrij, Radu (80’ Luiz Felipe), Basta, Parolo, Leiva, Milinkovic-Savic, Lulic (65’ Lukaku), Luis Alberto, Immobile

Substitutes: Guerrieri, Vargic, Patric, Marusic, Crecco, Murgia, Di Gennaro, Palombi, Caicedo

Manager: Inzaghi

Who played for Milan

G. Donnarumma, Calabria, Musacchio, Bonucci, Rodríguez, Kessié, Biglia, Montolivo, Suso (73' Bonaventura), Cutrone (55' Calhanoglu), Borini (56' Kalinic)

Substitutes: A. Donnarumma, Storari, Abate, Antonelli, Zapata, Romagnoli, Locatelli, Mauri, André Silva

Manager: Montella

Referee: Rocchi

Goals: 38’ Immobile (pen), 42’ Immobile, 48’ Immobile, 50’ Luis Alberto, 56’ Montolivo