Taking to the continental arena with a rather inconsistent record in the domestic tournament, both home team Lazio and away team Atletico Madrid expect a positive result from the Champions League group stage to stimulate the players' will and competitive spirit.
Captain Ciro Immobile struggled against visiting team Atletico Madrid
With all the home team's advantages, Lazio quickly took control of the match and continuously pressed the opponent with extremely dangerous attacks. Unfortunately, Alessio Romagnoli's close-range shot was inaccurate and Mattia Zaccagni's free kick was blocked by the away team's goalkeeper Jan Oblak. Even Luis Alberto's extremely dangerous volley could not overcome Jan Oblak's glued hands.
Ineffective attack, Lazio conceded an early goal
Despite attacking a lot but not scoring, Lazio immediately paid the price. In the 29th minute, Pablo Barrios' long-range shot hit Daichi Kamada and changed direction, causing goalkeeper Ivan Provedel to miss the ball and had to go into the net to retrieve it. The loss made Lazio even more stuck in their play and if they had been a little luckier, the visiting team Atletico Madrid could have scored a few more goals.
20-year-old striker Pablo Barrios scored in his first start for Atletico Madrid
There were too many card-worthy fouls from both sides, making the audience frustrated as the match was interrupted to the point of being broken. The drama came after the referee decided to add 4 minutes to the end of the second half. Goalkeeper Jan Oblak played very well from the beginning of the match, but in the 90+4 minute, he could not save the extremely disastrous goal.
Goalkeeper number 94 scored in the 90+4 minute
Home side Lazio were awarded a corner and a scramble in the Atletico Madrid penalty area saw the visitors' defence lose focus as Lazio called for a free kick when the ball hit the hand of a red-and-white striped defender. The ball found its way to Luis Alberto and the Spaniard immediately crossed deep into the middle.
No visiting defender "discovered" Ivan Provedel quietly rushing forward and the unstoppable header from the goalkeeper wearing the number 94 shirt caused his colleague Jan Oblak to rush out to block it in vain and then bow his head to pick up the ball from the net.
Ivan Provedel after the precious equalizer for Lazio
1-1 for Lazio and that was also the final score of the match at Olimpico Stadium in Rome (Italy), dividing the points equally for both teams in this dramatic match.
Coach Diego Simeone (Atletico Madrid) cannot believe this cruel result
Ivan Provedel's incredible goal not only helped Lazio escape defeat at home but also made him the fourth goalkeeper in history to score in the Champions League.
Before him, only three "spider men" Vincent Enyeama, Bolat and Hans-Jorg Butt did this, in which, Hans-Jorg Butt scored 3 goals from the penalty spot against Juventus and Enyeama successfully kicked a penalty for Hapoel Tel-Aviv in the match against Lyon in 2009.
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