Great performance

Simon Basten
Jan 4, 2023
2 min read

Updated: Jan 14

Season 1947-48

Game 16, Serie A

Sunday, January 4, 1948

Stadio Nazionale, Rome

Lazio Torino 0-0

Lazio stop the Great Torino and could have even won

The Biancocelesti were currently mid-table in 9th place. They had beaten Inter and drawn away to Juventus but had lost the derby.

The match: Sunday, January 4, 1948, Stadio Nazionale, Rome

Faced against the Great Torino, Lazio played magnificently and could have even won.

They had four clear opportunities to score. The first in the 15th minute when a Costantino De Andreis shot was initially saved by Valerio Bacigalupo, but he fumbled and the ball went into the air and the Granata keeper was forced to take a step back and catch it. Quite a number of the big crowd could have sworn it went over the line, but the referee disagreed.

Eleven minutes later again De Andreis this time all alone in front of Bacigalupo but at the last second he was fouled by Aldo Ballerin and the ball went out. Could have been a penalty but not for Poggipollini.

In the 40th minute Aldo Puccinelli was fouled in the box, and this time a penalty was given. But Leandro Remondini’s spot kick was weak and easily caught by the keeper.

The final chance came in the beginning of the second half when Remondini crossed into the penalty area, De Andreis headed towards the far post, Bacigalupo was beaten but there was no Lazio player ready to tap the ball in.

And the Great Torino? Absent. The Biancocelesti managed to stop all their initiatives and probably the overindulging at the table during the festivities did the rest.

Who played for Lazio

Gradella, Remondini, Carton, Antonazzi, Alzani, Gualtieri, Rosi, Puccinelli, Brunetti, Flamini, De Andreis