ITALIAN SERIE A : SUNDAY – 05/01/2025

IT WAS A FEISTY AFFAIR OVER AT THE ROMA VS LAZIO MATCH LAST NIGHT, AFTER ROMA’S CAPTAIN LORENZO PELLEGRINI SCORED THE MOST BRILLIANT GOAL AT JUST 11 MINS. INTO THE MATCH, (ONE WHICH HE WILL NO DOUBT REMEMBER FOR A LONG TIME), AND WITH HIS TEAM-MATE ALEXIS SAELEMAEKERS SCORING ANOTHER BEAUT SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, IT MEANT THAT ROMA HAD SCORED TWICE WITHIN THE FIRST 18 MINS! MUCH PHYSICALITY ENSUED, WITH MORE THAN A LITTLE ARGEY-BARGEY, WITH LAZIO HAVING 16 SHOTS AND 6 ON TARGET (WITH 19 FOULS, AND 5 YELLOW CARDS), 541 PASSES, WITH A 92% PASS ACCURACY, AND ROMA HAVING 7 SHOTS WITH A TOTAL OF 5 ON TARGET, (INCLUDING PELLEGRINI AND SAELEMAKERS GOALS), 272 PASSES, WITH AN 81% PASS ACCURACY (WITH 12 FOULS, AND 4 YELLOW CARDS.) INTERESTINGLY, LAZIO HAD RETAINED 68% POSSESSION, BUT TRY AS THEY DID, THEY WERE JUST UNABLE TO REACH THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET, SO THE GAME CULMINATED IN A 2 – 0 WIN TO ROMA!

THERE WAS MUCH ARGEY-BARGEY AT THE END OF THE MATCH, INVOLVING JUST ABOUT EVERYONE, INCLUDING TECHNICAL STAFF, MANAGERS AND PLAYERS ALIKE, WHO WERE ALL SQUARING-UP-TO-EACH-OTHER!

TEMPERS WERE FRAYED ON THE FINAL WHISTLE…..

THE POOR REF WAS WAVING CARDS OF A VARIETY OF COLOURS AROUND, BUT NO-ONE SEEMED TO NOTICE! THIS IS WHEN A RED CARD WAS GIVEN TO VALENTIN CASTELLANOS AT 90 +5 MINS! (THE ITALIAN’S ARE NOTHING IF NOT PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR FOOTBALL!)

BUT IT WAS ALL VERY ENTERTAINING NEVERTHELESS! 😂

SERIE A : ROMA VS LAZIO 05/01/2025