Lazio staged an epic comeback (Felipe Caicedo decided in 98 ') this Sunday at Torino's home (3-4) and for the Romans, good news was the reappearance of Ciro Immobile, Golden Boot 2020 and one of the players from Simone Inzaghi casualties in the Champions League in Torino after some dubious results in the Covid-19 tests. Immobile was a case, according to Italian media, of a false positive and this Sunday it contributed to the ‘laziale’ victory by scoring a 3-3 penalty already in discount. The Golden Shoe entered at 57 'by Vedat Muriqi.
Simone Inzahi was also able to recover Luiz Felipe (he played the 90 ') and the starting goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha, who was on the bench. Pepe Reina acted. Lazio drew against Bruges (1-1) in the aforementioned Champions League match. In Serie A now the Romans are seventh. El Torino, penultimate.
Torino-Lazio was a fast-paced match with a very painful result for the garnets, who put on a good performance and ended up defeated. Pereira (15 ') Milinkovic-Savid (49'), Immobile (90 ') and Caicedo (98') scored for the 'laziale'. Bremer (20 '), Belotti from a penalty (25') and Lukic (88 ') for Torino.
Lazio confirmed on Saturday the existence of positive cases of Covid-19 in its squad, without revealing, however, the number or identity of the affected players. “The positive subjects were placed in isolation at home while the team will observe a quarantine period under active surveillance by medical personnel,” he stressed.