Lazio vs Hellas Verona Report
By Gregory Sica, January 10 2012,
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Hernanes sends Lazio into the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia with a spectacular stoppage-time free-kick against Verona.Lazio scraped into the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia after surviving a two-goal fight-back from Hellas Verona to claim a dramatic 3-2 victory thanks to a superb free-kick from Brazilian midfielder Hernanes in second half stoppage-time.Having come from a 4-0 defeat to Siena in the Serie A on Saturday, Lazio were looking to rebound against the second-division club. Despite creating several clear-cut opportunities to go ahead throughout the half they had to wait until the stroke of half-time to break the deadlock, when Brazilian defender Andre Dias tapped home a Cristian Ledesma corner-kick.It seemed that the match had been settled when Tommaso Rocchi doubled Lazio's lead in the 58th minute when his drive took a wild deflection off Giuseppe Pugliese before finding itself in the back of the net.However, Verona had different ideas and quite incredibly drew the match level within the space of thirteen minutes, courtesy of well-taken goals from Emanuele Berrettoni and Marco D'Alessandro in the 61st and 74th minutes.Lazio were clearly shell-shocked after conceding the equaliser, and would have gone behind had Verona defender Matteo Abbate not blasted the ball into the side-netting when he had the goal at his mercy.But there was a final twist in the tale, as Hernanes sent Lazio into the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia with a spectacular curling free-kick right at the conclusion of the match to the delight of the home fans at the Stadio Olimpico. The Brazilian celebrated the goal with an impressive acrobatic performance.Lazio's opponents in the quarter-finals will be the winners of the tie between AC Milan and Novara, which takes place at the San Siro next week.
By Gregory Sica, January 10 2012,
soccer news, football news, football articles, football articles
Hernanes sends Lazio into the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia with a spectacular stoppage-time free-kick against Verona.Lazio scraped into the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia after surviving a two-goal fight-back from Hellas Verona to claim a dramatic 3-2 victory thanks to a superb free-kick from Brazilian midfielder Hernanes in second half stoppage-time.Having come from a 4-0 defeat to Siena in the Serie A on Saturday, Lazio were looking to rebound against the second-division club. Despite creating several clear-cut opportunities to go ahead throughout the half they had to wait until the stroke of half-time to break the deadlock, when Brazilian defender Andre Dias tapped home a Cristian Ledesma corner-kick.It seemed that the match had been settled when Tommaso Rocchi doubled Lazio's lead in the 58th minute when his drive took a wild deflection off Giuseppe Pugliese before finding itself in the back of the net.However, Verona had different ideas and quite incredibly drew the match level within the space of thirteen minutes, courtesy of well-taken goals from Emanuele Berrettoni and Marco D'Alessandro in the 61st and 74th minutes.Lazio were clearly shell-shocked after conceding the equaliser, and would have gone behind had Verona defender Matteo Abbate not blasted the ball into the side-netting when he had the goal at his mercy.But there was a final twist in the tale, as Hernanes sent Lazio into the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia with a spectacular curling free-kick right at the conclusion of the match to the delight of the home fans at the Stadio Olimpico. The Brazilian celebrated the goal with an impressive acrobatic performance.Lazio's opponents in the quarter-finals will be the winners of the tie between AC Milan and Novara, which takes place at the San Siro next week.
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