Defeat 10 Twente Players, Lazio To The Top Of The Europa League Standings

Referee gave a red card to goalkeeper Twente Lars Unnerstall in the Europa League match against Lazio. In that match, Lazio won 2-0. (X@OfficialSSLazio)

JAKARTA - Lazio's perfect start when they beat Twente 2-0 in the Europa League match at the De Grolsch Veste Stadium, Friday, October 25, 2024 in the morning WIB. The victory over the opponent who played with 10 players since the 10th minute took Lazio to the top of the standings.

Lazio won the perfect points in European competitions. Of the three Europa League games, Lazio has always won which makes the Italian Serie A club able to rank first in the standings.

The victory achieved in the away match against Twente made Lazio pocket nine points. The same as Tottenham Hotspur and Anderlecht who performed surprisingly in the Europa League. It's just that Lazio have the best goal difference so they are perched at the top of the standings.

Meanwhile, Twente is still stuck in 28th place. The Dutch Eredivisie club has yet to win and has only collected two points from two draws.

In that match, Lazio immediately pressed the Twente defense. They made a big advantage when the hosts lost a player in a game that had only been running for 11 minutes.

The incident occurred when Boulaye He was the one who managed to escape the offside trap and had the chance to score. There was no other way for goalkeeper Lars Unnerstall unless he brought him down which led to a red card. As a result, coach Joseph Oosting was forced to withdraw midfielder Mitchell van Bergen and include substitute goalkeeper Przemyslaw Tyton.

Despite facing opponents who lost a player, Lazio actually had difficulties. They created many chances but Biancocelesti had to wait until minute 35 to break the deadlock.

Winger Pedro successfully broke into Twente's goal after welcoming Matias Vecino's pass which managed to escape the offside trap. Initially the referee's assistant raised the flag indicating Vecino was in an offside position. However, after the referee reviewed the incident via VAR, Vecino was in an onside position because he was level with defender Twenty Bart Van Rooj.

After winning 1-0, Lazio still did not lower the tempo of the game. Only their attack always ran aground in the Twente defense. The advantage of one goal lasted until the first half was over.

Entering the second half, Lazio fully controlled the game. Marco Baroni's team created many chances. Starting with Luca Pellegrini's efforts to increase the advantage. But he failed to add goals.

Furthermore, striker Taty Castellos scored a goal. But the referee has continued to blow the whistle and stop the match due to a foul on Pedro.

Lazio also had a chance of profit when the referee awarded a penalty in the 74th minute when the player of Twente Mees Hilgers was deemed to have fouled Castellanos. It's just that after being reviewed by VAR, the referee considered that there were no physical clashes between the two players so the penalty decision was canceled.

After many failures, Lazio were finally able to add goals in the 87th minute. Substitute Gustav Isaksen solidified Lazio's lead after completing a pass from Fisayo Dele-Bashiru. The score changed 2-0 and lasted until the game was over.

"The match ended satisfactorily because the team made good preparations. We had predicted we would face a difficult match," Baroni was quoted as saying by Football Italia.

Responding to the difficulties of his team, Baroni said that Lazio faced a young team that was not easily conquered when they faced pressure.

"They are a young team that are not afraid to face pressure, even when they play with 10 people. So when the first half was over, I told the players to show maturity in playing," he said.

"It's a draw and we have to be able to turn them off as soon as possible to ensure victory," said Baron.

After winning in the Europa League, Lazio played two important matches against Genoa and then visited Como's promotion team headquarters.