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07 July 2020 Lazio falls in Lecce and further complicates their race for the Scudetto. Third defeat (in five games) since the post Covid recovery. The 2-1 of the 'Via del Mare' is a concrete hope for the Salentines who had lost the last six in a row. Waiting for Genoa's response, the Giallorossi leave the third last place.

Liverani deploys his offensive traction: Saponara and Falco behind Babacar, midfielder Barak and Mancosu. Inzaghi recovers after the disqualification Caicedo and Immobile. The 3-5-2 players are Lazzari and Jony, Leiva and Luis Alberto in midfield, Milinkovic-Savic on the bench.

Boot to say the least crackling. Mancosu advances from midfield and, at 20 meters, unloads a precise left foot in the 'seven': a Eurogol canceled by the Var who sees a check with the Salento's arm at the start of the action. As soon as the time to resume the game and Gabriel (5 ') makes a mess with his feet, Caicedo makes the ball with an empty net. From 1-0 to 0-1 in less than two minutes, Liverani's goalkeeper will have the opportunity to make up for it. Strakosha almost returns the favor to Lecce: rejected defective outgoing corner, Calderoni goes to the fly with the left but does not find the posts. Not impressive pace, it goes on in flames. Immobile's progression sows the defense, Gabriel exits the mirror. Lecce does not give up playing and is rewarded in the 30th minute when Falco crosses from the right for Babacar who turns the net undisturbed. Lazio's reaction is certainly not furious, the hosts do better. And in the long recovery (5 ') they get a penalty for the touch of Patric's hand in the slip. Mancosu, however, kicks eleven meters high (first mistake after eight attempts to score).

Filmed with Milinkovic-Savic (for Leiva), Lukaku and Luiz Felipe. Inzaghi tries to shake his pace with a triple change. Instead it is Lecce, lightning-fast, that completes the overtaking: corner of Saponara, Lucioni frees himself and crowns behind Strakosha. It is the 47th minute and Lazio are forced to chase. Biancocelesti in the opposing trocar, the Salento 'accept' the retreat. Liverani loses Babacar through injury, Majer takes over. Milinkovic misses the close corner deviation. Gabriel puts his hands on Luis Alberto's waving and on the following corner, Petriccione, who is lurking on the post, saves his goal from Luiz Felipe's detour. On the other hand, Strakosha rejects Mancosu's close-up touch and Acerbi closes with a great intervention Majer, who was looking forward to the tap-in. Gabriel goes very close to combining another mess on raise, Immobile graces him with a weak conclusion. Full speed ahead for Lazio, inside Adekanye for Lazzari. And the Dutchman has a sensational chance on a cross from the bottom: a header from a few steps, Gabriel gets excited. Seven minutes of recovery (which will become nine) in which the constant siege of the guests is made more complicated by the red heading to Patric (93 ') that bites Donati in the arm. It closes with a new feat by Gabriel who extends Milinkovic's head lob in a corner.