Destruction!!!

Simon Basten
Nov 10, 2022
2 min read

Season 1946-47

Game 8, Serie A

Sunday, November 10, 1946

Stadio Nazionale, Rome

Lazio Sampdoria 4-0

Lazio score four goals but there could have been many more

After the first 7 games of the season the Biancocelesti were only 14th having lost the derby heavily and away to Inter. A victory today would be fundamental.

Today’s opponents were Sampdoria, a new club formed by the merger between Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria.

The match: Sunday, November 10, 1946, Stadio Nazionale, Rome

After just one minute Costantino De Andreis was all alone in front of the keeper. All he had to do was to take one step further but he tried a shot and the keeper parried. Ball in the other half and this time it was Corrado Giubilo to have to save on a Fattori shot.

In the 22nd minute, De Andreis passed the ball to Henglebert Koenig who placed an almighty whack which gave Lazio their first goal of the day. Two minutes later Salvador Gualtieri hit the woodwork and towards the end of the first half Pietro Bonetti was forced to make a difficult save on an Aldo Puccinelli shot.

In the 50th minute Gualtieri cleared his box, Puccinelli as fast as lightning got hold of it and ran towards the goal scoring Lazio’s second. In the 74th minute Koenig to Puccinelli who shot, the ball hit the inside of the crossbar and went in. Seven minutes later Cesare Brunetti tried a shot which Bonetti saved but the ball slipped out of his hands. In came Bruno Ispiro who made it 4-0.

In the final minutes Giubilo made a great save on an Adriano Bassetto shot and Mario Magrini hit the woodwork once again.

Marvellous game from Lazio, one of the best of recent years.

Who played for Lazio

Giubilo, Cassano, Antonazzi, Brunetti, Sessa, Gualtieri, Puccinelli, Magrini, Koenig, Ispiro, De Andreis