Felipe Anderson and Lucas Leiva (Brazil): Lazio closed the Saturday session of Serie A at the top of the table after reaping a victory against Spezia (6-1).
Brazilian midfielder Felipe Anderson contributed to the win with his first goal in his second spell with Lazio after stints at West Ham and Porto.
Anderson signed the partial 4-1 just started the second half (47) with a showy goal, culminating an individual play canceling the defense with a ‘hat’ to stand alone in front of the goalkeeper and send the ball to the back of the goal with a powerful shot at point blank range.
Anderson, who repeated in Maurizio Sarri’s eleven, completed 81 minutes before being replaced by Argentine Luka Romero.
For his part, Lucas Leiva remains fixed in the Roman squad and returned to complete the 90 minutes of the match.
Emiliano Buendía (Argentina): The Argentine midfielder made his debut as a scorer with the Aston Villa shirt to rescue a point from the tie against Brentford (1-1).
‘Emi’ put the tables (13) with a superb shot from the half moon after receiving a low ball from Danny Ings.
After receiving on the edge of the area with good control, the Argentine turned to settle down and open the space to finish at pleasure; a powerful definition that left the rival goalkeeper without options.
“Draw against a tough opponent. We will come back stronger after the international match break. Once again, great atmosphere at Villa Park,” said the Argentine through his Twitter account.
Buendía, who repeated as a starter, played the 90 minutes. Argentine goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez and Brazilian midfielder Douglas Luiz also started the game to complete the match.
Enzo Roco (Chile): Elche took a point from Sevilla after signing a tie to one goal (1-1) thanks to a goal from the Chilean defender.
The 29-year-old footballer signed his first goal with the ‘franjiverde’ team to open the scoring (11) with a good definition to a center from Fidel.
The Chilean’s joy, however, was not complete, as he had to leave the court after the hour of play (65) due to muscular discomfort to be replaced by the Chilean Guido Carrillo.
This after the Argentine striker Lucas Boyé was replaced half an hour into the match due to an injury.
On the other hand, the Colombian Johan Mojica and the Argentines Darío Benedetto and Iván Marcone also had action, all as starters.
For coach Fran Escribá, the draw against one of the contenders for the league title had “a lot of merit” because the changes came “conditional”.
Elche adds two points after two draws and a defeat in the first three days of the League.
Nicolás González (Argentina): The midfielder made his debut as a scorer in Serie A to lead Fiorentina’s victory over Torino (2-1) on the second day of the championship.
González opened the scoring with a few minutes remaining in the first half (41) with a good shot to a cross from Gaetano Castrovilli that slipped to the left of the goal.
‘Nico’, who repeated in the starting box, completed 85 minutes on the pitch and has already scored two goals in three official matches with the ‘viola’ shirt after contributing with a goal and an assist to the victory over Cosenza ( 4-0) in the Italian Cup.
For their part, the Chilean Erick Pulgar and the Argentine Lucas Martínez Quarta were part of the starting squad, completing the 90 minutes of the match.
“The players showed how much they care with (what they did) this afternoon,” coach Vincenzo Italiano said after the game that marked his first victory in the tournament, after a setback against Roma (3-1) in his debut.
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