Lazio won yesterday’s Serie A clash with Inter in large part due to the decisive influence of the two substitutes Pedro and Luis Alberto.
This according to today’s print edition of Rome-based newspaper Corriere dello Sport, who note the importance of the Spanish pair injecting quality to the Biancocelesti’s attack in the second and consider that Maurizio Sarri managed his substitutions much better than Simone Inzaghi did.
Lazio went in at halftime with a 1-0 lead that was hardly undeserved on the balance of play, but then got pegged back by an equalizer from Lautaro Martinez fairly early in the second half.
Biancocelesti Sarri decided to turn to Alberto and Pedro to change up the left side of his team, removing Matias Vecino and Mattia Zaccagni, and the pair proved difficult for Inter to deal with.
Both of the two Spaniards added some quality and most importantly speed of thought, movement, and technique to Lazio in possession, and Inter captain Samir Handanovic could do little about either of their well-taken long-range strikers to hand the home side the three points.
Meanwhile, Inzaghi’s substitutions were if anything deleterious to his team’s overall effectiveness, as the Nerazzurri coach took a muddled approach in contrast to the man who replaced him in charge in the Italian capital just over a year ago.