07/29/2020 - 17:48
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Lazio came into the match against Brescia with an important mission ahead: making Ciro Immobile the top scorer in Europe . With the consecration of Juventus already accomplished, the dream of raising the Scudetto after 20 years was left behind. Focused on their new goal, the Roman team had to beat Brescia, already relegated to Series B.
The match started complicated for those of the Italian capital, who suffered the siege of the visitors during the first minutes of the match. But after 17 minutes of the first half, Joaquín Correa rubbed the lamp: after taking three Brescia players out for a walk, he threw a great wall with Immobile, dribbled the goalkeeper and put the first of the premises.
Lazio (-2.5) goes up 1-0 in the 17 'on a goal by Joaquin Correa pic.twitter.com/atq0uRGatS
- Bet The Footy (@betthefooty) July 29, 2020From there it was a monologue from Lazio , who had countless chances to extend the score, but between Andrenacci, the goalkeeper of the visitor and individual failures, the result seemed that it would not move. Immobile himself had two important chances at 28 and 36 of the complement , but his shots went close to the goal. Tied with Lewandowski for 34 goals as Europe's top scorer, passing him seemed like an impossible mission this match .
However, eight minutes from the final whistle, Tucu Correa took advantage of a loss by Brescia to command a lethal counter that ended with a pass from the outside for the current Capocannoniere , who seemed to say to himself "the third is the one defeated" and crossed the right before the hurried departure of the rival goalkeeper. Goal and hug between the Italian and the Argentine . He had a couple more chances Lazio, but could not achieve them, although the objective was already accomplished.
#SerieA Ciro Immobile put Lazio 2-0 and reaches 35 goals, first in the fight for the Golden Shoe and Capocannoniere in Serie A. # Dribblinngpic.twitter.com / lbDpOpJcSU
- 𝘿𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 (@_Dribbling) July 29, 2020With this goal, there was a change in the leadership of the fight for the Golden Boot : Ciro Immobile displaced Robert Lewandowski as the scorer of the Old Continent with 35 goals. Second is the Pole with 34. Cristiano Ronaldo was left with 31 (who also fights with the Italian for the Capocannoniere ), Timo Werner (27) and Leo Messi (25).
But beyond the fight for the Golden Boot, Immobile came close to breaking a historical record that Gonzalo Higuaín had set with the Napoli shirt, when in the 2015/16 season he scored 36 goals. With that impressive mark, Pipita surpassed the 35 that the Swedish Gunnar Nordahl, from Milan, had scored in the 1949/50 championship.
What will be the rival of Lazio in the last match of Serie A, where Immobile will have that historic chance? Precisely Napoli, the club from which Higuaín went on bad terms to Juventus. The clash will be from Sunday at 15:45 in the San Paolo stadium, the same of the great feats of Maradona. Will it be the place where Immobile will write yours?