Friendly: Immobile rusty for Lazio
Vedat Muriqi earned Lazio a disappointing draw against third-division German club Meppen after a Luiz Felipe mistake, as Ciro Immobile missed a penalty and Joaquin Correa saw red.
Maurizio Sarri was not pleased with the performance in Marienfeld, as pre-season preparations continued with this friendly.
The coach again repeatedly shouted from the touchline that he wanted his players to move the ball on after at most one or two touches.
Luiz Felipe’s early error allowed Kruger to open the scoring after just 13 minutes.
It didn’t take long for Muriqi to turn in the equaliser, after a through ball from Felipe Anderson.
Raul Moro wasted a couple of good chances, while Muriqi’s header came off the crossbar and Luis Alberto failed to turn in the rebound.
UEFA EURO 2020 winners Immobile and Francesco Acerbi made their pre-season debuts in the second half, but the Italy striker looked rusty.
He turned a promising opportunity over the bar after going around the goalkeeper, then saw his penalty saved after Joaquin Correa was brought down.
Tucu Correa has been linked with a move to Inter and he seemed tense, earning two yellow cards for dissent.
Lazio: Strakosha; Marusic (Lazzari 46), Luiz Felipe (Patric 46), Radu (Acerbi 46), Hysaj (Kamenovic 61); Milinkovic-Savic (Akpa Akpro 61), Leiva (Escalante 61), Luis Alberto (Cataldi 46); Felipe Anderson (Luka Romero 61), Muriqi (Immobile 46), Raul Moro (Correa 61)
FT | #LazioMeppen 1-1
Il test termina in parità
@MuriqiVedat (19’)#Marienfeld2021 #CMonEagles pic.twitter.com/d7rNsZGFS4— S.S.Lazio (@OfficialSSLazio) August 4, 2021