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Saturday March 29, 2008 Finished Olimpico

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Lazio

  • Rocchi 59’

Internazionale

  • Crespo 11’

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Lazio
    • Internazionale
    • 90+3' Inter miss the chance to move six points clear of Roma then as the final whistle sounds. It is as you were at the top, four points between them.
    • 90' Three minutes to be added on for stoppages.
    • 89' Lazio sub: Albanian Igli Tare on for Bianchi.
    • 87' Inter do not look like they are going to snatch a win here, with Lazio the more likely outfit to take three points.
    • 84' Lazio change: Defender Aleksandar Kolarov on for De Silvestri. He looks injured.
    • 82' DABO ALMOST BREAKS THE CROSSBAR WITH A THUNDEROUS EFFORT FROM LONG-RANGE!!! The ball rebounds downwards and to safety. Inter should look heavenwards after that - the religious types among them, that is.
    • 80' Behrami goes down on the edge of the 18-yard box... Maicon gets away with it!! It was a bit iffy, that one... he is annoyed that he has not won a penalty there.
    • 77' Rocchi volleys past the back stick from the corner of the box. Very close for SS Lazio.
    • 75' Jimenez booked for a nothing tackle on an opponent.
    • 73' Inter change: Patrick Vieira on for Chivu.
    • 71' As Ibra hobbles away to receive attention, Chivu is jumped on by Dabo and Inter have another set-piece chance, this time from the left.
    • 69' Chivu bends the kick wide of the wall - and of the upright.
    • 68' Inter change numbero deux: David Suazo on for the hurt Ibrahimovic.
    • 68' Dabo booked for a foul on Chivu, which also gives Inter a good chance from the free-kick 30 yards from goal.
    • 67' Inter change: Luis Jimenez on for Maniche.
    • 66' Full-back Stefan Radu lets fly from the left, wide of the near post.
    • 64' CESAR WITH A PHENOMENAL SAVE!!! Behrami volleyed and the ball looped up off Maicon, forcing the 'keeper to throw himself backwards and tip over the bar.
    • 59' A long ball forward sprung the offside trap - it was close - and the captain finished low inside the far post to send the home fans nuts.
    • 59' TOMMASO ROCCHI PUT THROUGH ON GOAL... AND HE EQUALISES!!!
    • 58' Zlatan streaking towards goal, Crespo ahead of him. He opts to take it on himself and makes a hash of it.
    • 56' Dabo looks to volley from 20 yards and wins a corner-kick. Bianchi and Ledesma work to find a way to goal, but Inter defend stoutly.
    • 54' Zlatan passes low along the edge of the box, where Maniche arrives to shoot firmly - but it does not trouble Ballotta.
    • 52' Inter win a free-kick in an advanced position near the right-hand touchline. Chivu centres it and the ball ricochets into the air. Ballotta is fouled as he jumps to catch.
    • 49' Lazio again the team with the ball in the first stages of the second period. But can they turn that into goals?
    • 46' The second half starts. Lazio now kicking from left to right.
    • 45+1' Half-time in the Olympic Stadium. Inter will increase their lead if they hold on, but that is by no means certain.
    • 45' Maicon to the by-line unopposed, looking for Crespo in the middle... headed away with Ballotta stranded.
    • 44' Pandev with a run through the heart of the Inter defence, twisting this way and that... the fourth and last man stops him inside the box. Very unlucky.
    • 42' The ball sticks to Ibrahimovic as he is surrounded by three opposition players. He tries to flick through to Crespo, but the ball is cut out.
    • 40' Valon Behrami swings to cross or shoot on the side of the penalty area. Cristian Chivu slides into the challenge and catches him, although he also seems to get the ball. Behrami is hurt but will continue.
    • 37' Inter swing back to the Lazio goal and Ibrahimovic almost provides for Maniche.
    • 36' At the other end Dabo catches a volley brilliantly and as the ball soars towards the top corner, Cesar sticks out a fist to tip over. Great save.
    • 35' And they almost do so as I write that - Crespo put away on the left, shaping to curl from the corner and box; only for Ballotta to get down and smother the ball from the effort.
    • 33' Lazio are the team on top, but unable to create anything in and around the box. The team Inter have out though could stun them on the counter.
    • 30' A promising attack for Lazio, Goran Pandev round the back to leap at a cross - and fail to get it on target.
    • 27' Zlatan Ibrahimovic finally in the action as he marauds through on the left - he looks a touch slow but gets his volley off, parried by Ballotta. The 'keeper collects as Crespo looks about to pounce.
    • 25' Inter counter as Nicolas Burdisso arrives at the far post to direct a diving header at goal, but it will not trouble Ballotta.
    • 23' Ledesma with a shot on target that Inter goalie Cesar stands to catch at his near post.
    • 20' Inter forced back by the Roman club, who are down in 10th and will not get a chance to reach the Champions League again for next season.
    • 17' Maniche cuts in from the left and shoots low, but veteran 'keeper Marco Ballotta is behind the bouncing ball to grasp it close and whisper it sweet nothings (perhaps).
    • 13' Cesar with a poor throw out, Ousmane Dabo picks it up and strikes... very good save after a slight defelction. The former Manchester City man caught it quite well.
    • 11' Maicon attacked the right-hand by-line and played a low ball into the box, where the former Chelsea star met it from three yards out. 1-0.
    • 11' INTER HAVE THE LEAD!! Hernan Crespo scores from close range!!
    • 9' Lorenzo De Silvestri curles a lovely ball behind the Inter defence, just too far ahead of his attackers.
    • 7' Rolando Bianchi with a wild effort that Julio Cesar watches fly past 10 yards from his goal. Lazio with the early attacking ball though.
    • 4' No Esteban Cambiasso today for the away side, who can go six points clear with a win here after Roma were held to a draw by Cagliari.
    • 3' Ledesma fires over from distance, this time from open play.
    • 2' Lazio's Cristian Ledesma with an early chance to shoot from a free-kick 35 yards out... blocked by Maniche in the visiting wall.
    • 1' Lazio pile forward early on from the kick-off.
    • - The teams are out and ready for kick-off. Lazio will kick from left to right in their distinctive sky blue shirts, white shorts and white socks. Inter in black and blue stripes, black shorts and black and blue socks.
    • - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE text coverage of Lazio v Internazionale.

  • Team Stats

    Lazio Stats Internazionale
    55% Possession 45%
    24 Shots 9
    6 Shots on target 5
    3 Saves 1
    11 Corners 1
    11 Fouls 16
    1 Offsides 4
    2 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    22 Tackles 14
    333 Accurate passes 256
    44 Bad passes 52

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Lazio
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      32 Marco Ballotta 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 0 0
      13 Sebastiano Siviglia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 3 0
      2 Stefan Radu 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 41 10 2
      29 Lorenzo De Silvestri 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 36 2 2
      25 Sanchez Emilson Cribari 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 19 1 4
      24 Cristian Ledesma 0 4 0 3 4 0 1 41 4 2
      85 Valon Behrami 0 1 1 4 2 0 0 31 6 4
      6 Ousmane Dabo 0 8 2 3 0 0 0 53 6 4
      9 Rolando Bianchi 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 22 1 1
      18 Tommaso Rocchi 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 20 7 1
      19 Goran Pandev 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 35 4 2
      17 Igli Tare 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      68 Christian Manfredini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Aleksandar Kolarov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
      11 Stefano Mauri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Fernando Muslera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 David Rozehnal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Gaby Mudingayi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Internazionale
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      12 Julio César 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      24 Nelson Rivas 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 14 1 2
      6 Maxwell Cabelino Andrade 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 31 13 1
      13 Douglas Maicon 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 35 2 2
      26 Cristian Chivu 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 25 3 4
      16 Nicolas Burdisso 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 19 5 1
      5 Dejan Stankovic 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 19 4 1
      28 Maniche Ribeiro 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 26 2 0
      4 Javier Zanetti 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 33 13 2
      8 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 17 2 0
      18 Hernan Crespo 1 2 2 0 2 1 0 13 6 0
      11 Luis Jimenez 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 6 0 1
      29 David Suazo 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0
      45 Mario Balotelli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Vítor Hugo Gomes Paços 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Marco Materazzi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Francesco Toldo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Patrick Vieira 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 1 0

  • Summary

    • 82' DABO ALMOST BREAKS THE CROSSBAR WITH A THUNDEROUS EFFORT FROM LONG-RANGE!!! The ball rebounds downwards and to safety. Inter should look heavenwards after that - the religious types among them, that is.
    • 80' Behrami goes down on the edge of the 18-yard box... Maicon gets away with it!! It was a bit iffy, that one... he is annoyed that he has not won a penalty there.
    • 64' CESAR WITH A PHENOMENAL SAVE!!! Behrami volleyed and the ball looped up off Maicon, forcing the 'keeper to throw himself backwards and tip over the bar.
    • 59' A long ball forward sprung the offside trap - it was close - and the captain finished low inside the far post to send the home fans nuts.
    • 59' TOMMASO ROCCHI PUT THROUGH ON GOAL... AND HE EQUALISES!!!
    • 44' Pandev with a run through the heart of the Inter defence, twisting this way and that... the fourth and last man stops him inside the box. Very unlucky.
    • 36' At the other end Dabo catches a volley brilliantly and as the ball soars towards the top corner, Cesar sticks out a fist to tip over. Great save.
    • 27' Zlatan Ibrahimovic finally in the action as he marauds through on the left - he looks a touch slow but gets his volley off, parried by Ballotta. The 'keeper collects as Crespo looks about to pounce.
    • 13' Cesar with a poor throw out, Ousmane Dabo picks it up and strikes... very good save after a slight defelction. The former Manchester City man caught it quite well.
    • 11' Maicon attacked the right-hand by-line and played a low ball into the box, where the former Chelsea star met it from three yards out. 1-0.
    • 11' INTER HAVE THE LEAD!! Hernan Crespo scores from close range!!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Roberto Rosetti

  • Lazio

    Manager: Delio Rossi

    Captain: 18. Tommaso Rocchi

    On the Field

    • Ballotta
    • De Silvestri
    • Siviglia
    • Cribari
    • Radu
    • Ledesma
    • Dabo Yellow Card
    • Behrami Yellow Card
    • Pandev
    • Rocchi Goal
    • Bianchi Substitution Out (89′)

    Subs

    • 17. Tare Substitution In (89′)
    • 68. Manfredini
    • 23. Meghni
    • 7. Rozehnal
    • 26. Mudingayi
    • 3. Kolarov
    • 1. Muslera

    Injured

    • 15. Diakite

    Suspended

    • 5. Mutarelli

  • Internazionale

    Manager: Roberto Mancini

    Captain: 4. Javier Zanetti

    On the Field

    • Julio César
    • Maicon
    • Rivas Nelson
    • Burdisso
    • Maxwell
    • Stankovic
    • Zanetti
    • Chivu Substitution Out (73′)
    • Maniche Substitution Out (66′)
    • Crespo Goal
    • Ibrahimovic Substitution Out (69′)

    Subs

    • 1. Toldo
    • 23. Materazzi
    • 29. Suazo Substitution In (69′)
    • 19. Cambiasso
    • 11. Jimenez Substitution In (66′) Yellow Card
    • 30. "Pelé"
    • Balotelli

    Injured

    • 7. Figo
    • 15. Dacourt
    • Cordoba
    • 25. Samuel

    Suspended

    • 9. Cruz