a beautiful afternoon in Rome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHk1iMhpEc0&feature=player_embedded
After the match a group of Lazio fans was attacked and one of them was stabbed to his neck, now it seems he's recovering after undergoing surgery. Furthermore, a woman (with her child) was driving by the place where the incidents where occurring and her car was pelted with firecrackers and flares. Thankfully she managed to escape before the car was engulfed in flames. Ordinary stuff in the Rome derby and the authorities have never been able to prevent such incidents from happening. Not all Roma fans should be put in the same bracket but it's customary for their ultras groups to plan and set ambushes to opposition fans, particularly if they support Lazio, Inter or any English clubs. Sadly, the Roman media, politicians and the club itself tend to belittle all this shameful stuff.
As for the game, I think Lazio were brilliant in the first half, they didn't look like a team fighting to avoid relegation, their defense was outstanding, particularly their two wing-backs, Kolarov and Lichtsteiner (I don't get why Reja substituted the Swiss after such a fine display), Dias, Radu and Rocchi. Anything changed when Floccari missed the penalty, he's a good striker but very bad at penalties, it was the fifth he missed this season after failing to convert 4 when he was at Genoa from September to January. Kolarov or Rocchi could have taken it and would have probably done a better job. Roma, or better Vucinic, cunningly exploited the only two chances they had and then clinged on the result as their lives depended on it, Burdisso and Juan are extremely good in the air and they easily dealt with all those long balls that Lazio sent into their box when searching for the equalizer. Yesterday's game was probably the last difficult one Roma had, Sampdoria next weekend could get at least a draw but Parma, Cagliari and Chievo are on holiday already. Of course we have to try to win all the 4 games left to put Roma under pressure but I'm afraid the damage is done, we should blame ourselves for wasting a 14 points lead but also for not converting our chances in the game against them at the Olimpico, that's exactly when they had virtually leapfrogged us at the top of the serie A.
