Lazio defeated Genoa 1-0 on Friday thanks to a goal from Luis Alberto in the second half. The victory put the capital club in sixth place in Serie A and very close to a Champions League berth. The outcome ended Genoa's four-game winning streak and was another positive outcome for the visiting team, who had triumphed in four of its previous five league games.
Caleb Ekuban cut in from the right and struck the side-netting, then Gudmundsson's back-heel pass found Retegui, who blasted over from the area's edge. The Manuel Lazzari shot was knocked down by Alessandro Vogliacco, Mario Gila's rebound went wide, and an incredible scissor-kick volley from Ekuban was directed directly at Christos Mandas. Lazio suffered the loss of Lazzari due to a calf injury, and they had a fright when Retegui attempted to play out from the back and turned the lob from midfield off target by trying to catch Mandas off guard.