LAZIO starting XI (3-4-2-1): Mandas, Patric, Casale, Gila (subbed for Isaksen), Marusic (subbed for Hysaj), Kamada, Vecino (subbed for Rovella), Lazzari, Felipe Anderson, Luis Alberto (subbed for Cataldi), Castellanos (subbed for Pedro)
Bench: Sepe, Renzetti, André Anderson
Goals: Anderson 7’ 35’, Vecino 14’, Isaksen 87’
SALERNITANA starting XI (3-4-2-1): Costil, Gyomber, Boateng (subbed for Sambia), Pirola, Zanoli (subbed for Legowski), Maggiore (subbed for Manolas), Coulibaly, Bradaric, Tchaouna, Candreva (subbed for Martegani), Ikwuemesi (subbed for Weissman)
Bench: Ochoa, Allocca, Pasalidis, Fazio, Pellegrino, Gomis, Pierozzi, Simy, Vignato
Goals: Tchaouna 16’
The capital club came into the match on Friday (Saturday AEST) on the back of losses to rivals Juventus and Roma, and fans displayed a banner reading “You are not worthy of wearing our shirt” before the game.
Recently appointed coach Igor Tudor was without a number of top players, Ciro Immobile and Matteo Guendouzi among them, but the home side showed character and were 2-0 up within 14 minutes against a team that have not won a game since December.
Felipe Anderson opened the scoring with a solo goal after just six minutes, then Matias Vecino doubled Lazio’s lead eight minutes later.
Loum Tchaouna pulled one back for the visitors two minutes later with a powerful header, but Anderson restored the two-goal cushion when he finished off an intricate passing move ten minutes before the break.
Danish winger Gustav Isaksen completed the rout three minutes from the final whistle just seconds after coming on as a substitute.
The win did little to appease the angry home crowd, but it moves Lazio a point above Napoli and one behind Atalanta, both of whom have games in hand.
The result was another unhappy night for Salernitana in an already grim season. They are bottom of the table with just 15 points from a possible 96, and relegation is almost assured.
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