Lazio lost heavily to AC Milan (0-3) on Saturday night on matchday 30
. The Romans gave up three important points and let go of Juventus, who now have a seven-point lead at the head of Serie A. Alexis Saelemaekers played the whole game for the Milanese while Jordan Lukaku rose to play in the 55th. After Juventus’ comfortable 4-1 victory over Torino in the early evening, Simone Inzaghi’s Biancocelesti had no room for error against AC, where Zlatan Ibrahimovic made his first appearance in the eleven basic since his calf injury in late May.
Deprived of their home goalscorer Ciro Immobile, 29 league goals, and their friend Felipe Caicedo, Lazio never had their usual attacking performance.
The Milanese opened the scoring with a deflected shot from Hakan Calhanoglu (0-1, 23rd). Stefano Pioli’s team then received a penalty after a Saelemaekers cross stopped by the arm of a Roman defender. With a powerful shot, Ibra doubled the lead of his own (0-2, 34th). Raised in place of the Swede at half-time, the Croatian Ante Rebic scored closely thanks to an assistant from Bonaventura (0-3, 59th).
It is the first home defeat in the championship for Lazio since May 2019 and a 1-3 loss conceded against Atalanta Bergamo. Despite everything, the Romans still have a four point lead over Inter. Romelu Lukaku’s team could return to a length if they win Sunday against Bologna (12th). As for AC Milan, it temporarily climbed to 6th place with 46 points, ahead of Naples (7th, 45) which will host AS Rome on Sunday.
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