There are matches, moments, results, that go beyond their merely sporting value: Viktoria Plzen Lazio is one of these matches, because it shows once again, in a decisive, clear way, with a message to all of Europe, what it means to be Lazio. The team, led by a leader, Marco Baroni, who has built a complete, united squad, made up of players ready to sacrifice for each other, fights tooth and nail, pays for a few mistakes of inexperience, but then finds victory. In 9 against 11. On the road. When a draw already seemed like a prize. Never settling, fighting until the last second: this is being Lazio.
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Viktoria Plzen Lazio 1-2: l’impresa biancoceleste è l’esempio dell’anima della squadra
Let’s start with some numbers:
7: vittorie in questa edizione dell’Europa League. Numero che alla Lazio era riuscito soltanto un’altra volta nella sua storia, nel 2017/18. E, in questa edizione, potrebbe migliorare…
3: la posizione della Lazio per reti segnate nei primi tempi dell’Europa League 2024 2025;: sono 12. Davanti ai biancocelesti soltanto Real Sociedad e Galatasaray, con 13.
1: gol di un difensore in trasferta nell’Europa League 2024 2025. Paliamo della rete di Romagnoli. L’ultimo a riuscirci fu Bastos in un Cluj-Lazio del 2019.
Impressive. Only this much can be said today, about ten hours after the conclusion of the Plzen feat.
Not that Lazio’s match was perfect, far from it. The Biancocelesti suffered the away game, between a physical and mangy host team and a pitch not up to the standard of a European competition. They suffered, they accepted the battle, they sinned in impetuosity or experience (Rovella and Gigot). But then, as a team, all together, they built the resilience that would give them an important draw for the return match. All together they dug down even the last grain of energy, fending off balls in the box, repelling safe conlcusions, restarting with the strength of those who have no intention of yielding to fate.
And then, all together, instead of wasting time protecting the equalizer (how well Guendouzi did), they built up that one chance, entrusted to the delicate left-footer of an Isaksen who had not shone up to that point. A left-footed left-footed shot, unhittable. 1-2. Delirium.
Being Lazio means never giving up, it means fighting together, it means leaving the field knowing that you have given everything.
Viktoria Plzen Lazio is a match to be included in the club’s annals because, in addition to being a potentially pivotal moment in a season, it is emblematic of what this team should always be about.
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Martin Cardani
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