With two goals in the last 8 minutes of the match, when extra time was looming on the horizon, Lazio beat Atalanta in the Tim Cup final and take home the 2018-2019 Italian Cup. The Biancoceleste club can be defined as a specialist in this tournament, which they have won a total of seven times (out of 10 finals), six of which in the last 21 editions.
Actually, before kick-off i predictions were in favor of Atalanta, who just 10 days ago at the Olimpico beat the capitolini 3-1 (also thanks to an unfortunate performance by Wallace, who remained on the bench yesterday).
Instead, in a game with many fouls and many inaccuracies, in the end they revealed themselves Simone Inzaghi's moves were decisive. In the second half the Biancoceleste coach inserts Milinkovic-Savic for Luis Alberto and in the 82nd minute the Serbian giant, one of the most disappointing players this year, perfectly scores a corner kick from Lucas Leiva (the best in the field) and punches the Atalanta goal.
From then on, the reaction of the Bergamo players - who, albeit away from home, were supported by over 20 fans who had come to Rome - produced nothing concrete. Indeed, in the 90th minute a free kick in the center by the neroblu was swept violently by Caicedo: Correa slings on the ball, who runs 60 meters ball and chain burning two opponents, dribbles the goalkeeper and scores the safety goal.
At the end of the game, Gasperini lashes out (rightly) against referee Banti and above all against the Var, guilty of not having signaled in the first half a handball by Bastos in the area, which would have led to a penalty and probably also to the expulsion of the Angolan centre-back, who had already been booked.
With this win Lazio goes directly to the group stage of the Europa Leaguewith a total income of approx 20 million, also guaranteeing the Italian Super Cup final against Juventus. The only discordant note for the Biancocelesti fans is the fact that Inzaghi, with his contract expiring and being courted by several big names, did not want to answer questions about his future. In any case, the triumph in the Italian Cup closes a cycle that seemed destined to fade away in the best possible way.
