Player Ratings: Lazio 1-0 Genoa, Frattesi decisive once again | OneFootball

Lazio edged Genoa 1-0 at the Stadio Olimpico in their first home Serie A match of the season, with Gennaro Gattuso outmanoeuvring old friend Daniele De Rossi as Davide Frattesi struck the winner.

According to The Laziali, Frattesi earned the top mark and remains the only Lazio player to score this season, having also created chances for Nuno Tavares and Mattia Zaccagni that went unconverted.

Christos Mandas kept a second successive clean sheet, making a routine stop in the 94th minute but unsettling with some distribution. Danilho Doekhi dominated Lorenzo Colombo yet wasted promising openings, while Oliver Provstgaard looked increasingly authoritative. Romano Floriani Mussolini offered a steady two-way display.

Tavares supplied the assist for Frattesi and was inches from a second, his towering header coming back off the post, and he held his own defensively. Nicolo Rovella controlled midfield before a late first-half injury forced him off, whereas Kenneth Taylor covered the most ground and broke up play.

Further forward, Matteo Cancellieri worked hard without a final ball, Boulaye Dia failed to threaten and misplaced passes, and Zaccagni was lively but off target.

From the bench, Reda Belahyane kept Lazio ticking and protected the backline. Alfonso Pedraza squandered possession and had a brief touchline exchange with Gattuso, Gustav Isaksen combined neatly without a defining action, and debutant Andrea Pinamonti hit the side netting from a half-chance. Manuel Lazzari was not on long enough to rate.

Source: The Laziali

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