A debut victory in the 2018/19 Europa League for Simone Inzaghi's Lazio. The biancocelesti defeat Cypriot club Apollon Limassol 2-1 and thus conquer the first three points of their European adventure. Firstly, Spaniard Luis Alberto opened the scoring at the beginning of the match - then was some high pressing from Apollon that Lazio had to defend, before the penalty of Ciro Immobile to double the lead late in the second half. In final three minutes, Emilio Zelaya scored a goal for the away side that shortened the distance, but it was not enough to beat the Eagles.
At the end of the match, to the microphones of Sky Sports, the coach of biancocelesti analyzed the challenge and talked about the match won by his team: "It was a good first half, there is the regret for not having scored the second goal much earlier that would have given us more serenity throughout the match. The Cypriots grew from our demerit, their goal was the result of our missed opportunity at one end. We wanted a victory and we got the three points, we have a tough group."
"I liked the approach to the first match, but we should have done better in the second half. In the field a new Lazio? They played very well like the regular starting eleven. They played with personality and we wanted to debut just like that, with a win. We know that the other matches will be very difficult. As for Caicedo, I can say that I never had any doubts: he is a professional who works hard - being behind Immobile is not easy and I am satisfied. He had an excellent match".
