Player Ratings: Atalanta 1-1 Lazio – Surreal Motta Slays The Goddess
At the New Balance Arena in Bergamo, Lazio advanced to the Coppa Italia final after beating Atalanta on penalties.With Alessio Romagnoli and Mario Pasalic scoring late in normal time, the contest ende...
Player Ratings: Atalanta 1-1 Lazio – Surreal Motta Slays The Goddess At the New Balance Arena in Bergamo, Lazio advanced to the Coppa Italia final after beating Atalanta on penalties. With Alessio Romagnoli and Mario Pasalic scoring late in normal time, the contest ended 1-1 on the night and 3-3 on aggregate. In the penalty shootouts, the Biancocelesti wasted their first two before scoring the third and the fourth.
On the other hand, Edoardo Motta was only beaten by Giacomo Raspadori before shutting down the next four attempts in an astonishing showing. Here are our player ratings for Lazio, who edged past Atalanta following a dramatic second leg in the Coppa Italia semi-final. Lazio XI (4-3-3) Edoardo Motta – 9 The goalkeeper had some nervy moments and was guilty of a few clumsy clearances, and yet, he emerged as the ultimate hero of the night.
His finger-tip save on Gianluca Scamacca’s header in added time kept Lazio alive, and he then went on to incredibly save four out of Atalanta’s five spot-kicks. Adam Marusic – 6 A decent performance from the Montenegrin, who made an immediate return to the starting lineup. As usual, he offered little in attack, but held his own against Nicola Zalewski at the back.
Mario Gila – 7. 5 The Spaniard is too tenacious for his own good. Produced a host of last-ditch interceptions and blocks to deny the likes of Nikola Krstovic and Zalewski, before succumbing to injury in the middle of the second half.