There is no longer any desire to stop Marco Baroni’s Lazio as they obtain their ninth victory in the last ten official matches between Serie A and Europe and the protagonist is once again Pedro. The eternal Spaniard decides the match against Porto with a goal that explodes the Olimpico and the joy of Baroni, uncontainable after the former Barcelona player’s goal. An extra luxury five star version of Pedro, as he has rarely seen in his career. Especially at this moment, no one in Italy has the continuity that the Spaniard is having. Pedro scored for the sixth game in the last eight games played, three goals in four Europa League games and almost all of them decisive goals. From yesterday’s winning goal to the one against Empoli, passing through the goals that broke the deadlock against Nice and Twente, with Genoa and Como the momentary double advantage has always carried its signature. An irrepressible Pedro for an insatiable Lazio.
Lazio, solo record in the Europa League
Nobody like Pedro in Italy. Neither the Nerazzurri scoring pairs Lookman-Retegui and Lautaro-Thuram, nor Lukaku and Vlahovic, center forwards who live for goals. In Italy only the Spaniard has found the net in six of the last eight games played, thus leading the way Lazio above. Yesterday’s goal has an enormous specific weight also for the European journey. If in Italy there is no one like Pedro, in the Europa League there is no one like Lazio. Baroni’s team is alone at the top of the table, the only team with maximum points in the Europa League. The ranking is even rosier because the advantage over ninth place, which would mean playoffs, is already five points. Ludogorets arrive at the Olimpico in three weeks, stuck at one point and a success would represent a serious threat to direct qualification for the round of 16. First, however, there is the away match in Monza, the last challenge before the break to close a cycle of matches in which Pedro was the absolute protagonist.
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