Match highlights
Lazio vs Empoli highlights
How the goals came
45+3' Patric opens the scoring for Lazio (the winner) → 89' Matías Vecino extends Lazio's lead. Full time: 2-0, Lazio win.
The match, goal by goal
1 of the 2 goals came after half-time.
45'+3 Patric (Lazio) 1-0
Lazio hosted Empoli at the Stadio Olimpico on matchday 36 of Serie A, and the first half looked set to end goalless. Patric changed that in the 45+3rd minute, breaking the deadlock in first-half stoppage time to send the home side into the break 1-0 up. Lazio never relinquished the lead, and Patric's opener proved to be the winning goal.
89' Matías Vecino (Lazio) 2-0
After Patric's goal in first-half stoppage time, Lazio carried a 1-0 lead deep into the second half. In the 89th minute, Matías Vecino doubled the advantage to make it 2-0. Coming so close to the final whistle, Vecino's goal left Empoli with almost no time to respond and sealed the home win.
