IL CAPITANO E TORNATO!!

SERIE A 2011/2012 MATCHDAY 13

LAZIO 3 VS NOVARA 0

Lazio: Federico Marchetti, Marius Stankevicius, Giuseppe Biava, Stefan Radu, Abdoulay Konko (Lionel Scaloni 82), Cristian Ledesma, Hernanes (Lorik Cana 64), Senad Lulic, Alvaro González, Miroslav Klose, Tommaso Rocchi (Djibril Cisse 78)

Novara: Samir Ujkani, Carlo Alberto Ludi, Matteo Centurioni, Santiago Garcia, Michel Morganella, Ivan Radovanovic (Simon Pesce 55), Marco Rigoni, Andrea Mazzarani (Luigi Giorgi 76), Filippo Porcari, Pablo Granoche (Jeda 63), Raffaele Rubino

Il capitano e tornato!! Yes, The captain is back!! Tommaso Rocchi scored two goals for Lazio in matchday 13 of Serie A last night. Played in their own home, Lazio took down the guest team Novara 3-0.

After several dissapointed results before this match, finally Lazio presented a victory to their fans in home. In this match, Lazio dominated the game.It was only need 15 minutes to create a nice chance. Received a through pass from Senad Lulic, Tommaso Rocchi was on position to score the opening goal. But unfortunately, he missed the chance.The Novara goalkeeper, Samir Ujkani blocked the ball.

Biava's Goal

Lazio opened the score one minute after Rocchi's gold chance. Giuseppe Biava succeed to create his first goal of the season. He converted Hernanes' corner into a goal through his heading. Lazio then added the second goal in minute 23 through the captain Tommaso Rocchi. Once more, the goal created by heading. But, this time the goal was converted from Cristian Ledesma's free kick by Rocchi. The first half ended with Lazio's lead 2-0.

Lazio still dominated in the second half. They got some chances, but could'nt result into a goal until minute 72. Alvaro Gonzales sent the ball to Rocchi, then with his right foot the captain created his second goal in this match. Six minutes later, Djibril Cisse in to substituted the captain. Cisse got a chance to make the score 4-0 but unfortunately, the ball only hit the post.

Well, finally Lazio return to their real form in this match. The forward line had done their good job. As same as the defense line. Federico Marchetti, again presented a clean sheet in this match. He keeps the briliant goalkeeping until now. The midfielders also did a good job. Hernanes, Ledesma and Gonzales created all of the assists. With this result,  Lazio held on the fourth position with 25 points behind the capolista holder Juventus (29 points) and the second place Milan and Udinese (27 points).