Mancini show
- Simon Basten
- Aug 1, 2022
- 2 min read
Pre Season Friendly
Saturday, August 2, 1997
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Lazio Olympiacos 3-2
Lazio delight the fans with an exceptional first half and a spectacular Mancini
Lazio had had their weeks of pre-season training at Vigo di Fassa near Trento and had played a couple of friendlies. Today was the presentation of the team at the Olimpico against Olympiacos from Greece.
The match
Before Roberto Mancini began his show, Vladimir Jugovic missed a sitter in the opening seconds of the game. In the 5th minute Mancio put in a perfect cross for Pierluigi Casiraghi but his header went wide by a whisker. Sixty seconds later, another great pass this time for Paolo Negro who dribbled a couple of players and forced the keeper to parry into corner. The Mancini show continued with a fantastic 40-metre pass to Casiraghi who was fouled in the box but the referee was much too far away to be able to see it. In the 26th minute Mancio saw Alen Boksic moving in between the Greek defensive line, perfect pass and it was 1-0 for the Biancocelesti.
After Peter Ofori-Quaye missed a chance on a Stelios Giannakopoulos assist, in the 41st minute Lazio made it two. Diego Fuser took a free kick from the left, cross into the box and Casiraghi anticipated everybody for the 2-0.
In the beginning of the second half Sven-Goran Eriksson substituted Mancini with Roberto Rambaudi and tiredness began to seep in. Only natural since the pre-season training had started just a couple of weeks earlier. Olympiacos reduced the deficit in the 60th minute with Ofori Quaye on a Petros Passalis assist but seven minutes later Beppe Signori, who had started the second half in place of Casiraghi, invented a splendid pass for Boksic who made it three. In the 87th minute Anastasios Mitropoulos scored a second for the visitors.
An excellent training match for Lazio. Eriksson was very pleased particularly with the quality of the first half.
Who played for Lazio
Marchegiani (71’ Ballotta), Negro (71’ Gottardi), Nesta (71’ Grandoni), Lopez (46’ Chamot), Pancaro, Fuser (67’ Venturin), Jugovic (71’ Marcolin), Nedved, Mancini (52’ Rambaudi), Casiraghi (46’ Signori), Boksic (71’ Buso)
Manager: Eriksson
Who played for Olympiacos
Elefteropulos, Varesanovic, Karataidis (75' Mitropoulos), Anatolakis (75' Bandovic), Sabanazovic, Gerogevic, Niniadis (71' Karapialis), Jannakopulos (46' Georgatos), Ivic (50' Gocic), Alexandis (46' Passalis), Ofori Kuoye
Manager: Dušan Bajević
Referee: De Santis
Goals: 26’ Boksic, 41’ Casiraghi, 60’ Ofori Kuoye, 67’ Boksic, 86’ Mitropoulos
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