Lazio shot straight to a joint-top spot in Serie A, pulling off a wild 2-1 comeback win against Udinese after Albert Gudmundsson hammered home a header on his debut in the 88th minute. This was Lazio’s third straight victory, and it puts them right at the top of the table alongside powerhouses Roma and Inter Milan with nine points from three games. Talk about making a statement early in the season!
Lazio’s Comeback Kings and a Dream Debut
Udinese actually drew first blood in this one, with Jesper Karlstrom netting in the 49th minute. But Lazio wasn’t having any of it. Davide Frattesi, who is absolutely on fire, continued his scoring streak, sliding in to convert a low cross in the 75th minute. That’s three games in a row for Frattesi, who also notched winners in 1-0 victories over Genoa and Bologna. He was replaced by Gudmundsson a few minutes later, and that substitution paid off huge. Two minutes from time, Gudmundsson delivered a bullet header on his very first appearance for Lazio, securing all three points and a share of first place. Udinese is left sitting in 10th, wondering what hit them.
Sociedad’s Wild Ride: Red Card Chaos to 90th Minute Winner
Meanwhile, over in La Liga, Real Sociedad grabbed their first away win since February in a truly chaotic 3-2 thriller against struggling Elche. Job Ochieng got Sociedad on the board early, just 11 minutes in, and Yangel Herrera doubled the lead 20 minutes later with a little help from a goalkeeping error. Everything seemed smooth, right? Wrong. The momentum absolutely flipped when Sociedad’s Jon Martin got hit with a red card for a bad tackle in the 65th minute. Elche quickly capitalized, with on-loan striker Thomas Lemar getting one back four minutes later, and then Fer Nino bundled in an equalizer nine minutes after that. Elche had a string of chances to actually snatch their first win of the season, but they couldn’t convert. And they paid the ultimate price when Luka Sučić scored on the break in the dying seconds, sealing a heart-stopping 90th minute winner for Sociedad. Sociedad now sits ninth with seven points from five games, while Elche remains joint bottom with just one point.
Cagliari Climbs, Celta Still Searching
Elsewhere, Daniel Maldini, on loan from Atalanta, put Cagliari ahead against Lecce with a first half header from a corner. Cagliari dominated most of the match, even hitting the woodwork twice with Paul Mendy’s low shot and another Maldini free kick, but they couldn’t add to their score. Still, the win lifted Cagliari into the top half of the table, sending Lecce down to 14th. Over in another La Liga matchup, Celta Vigo is still desperately searching for their first win of the season after a 1-1 draw at Getafe. Martin Satriano pounced on a loose ball from a corner to open the scoring for Getafe, but Celta equalized from a corner themselves in the 57th minute through Carl Starfelt’s header. Getafe’s Zaid Romero was sent off after receiving a second yellow midway through the second half, giving Celta a man advantage, but they couldn’t find a winner. Two goals in five league matches tells a pretty grim story for Celta, who are now 16th, a point behind 15th-place Getafe.
These results are already making waves in the standings. Lazio’s rapid ascent to joint top with a debut hero is a huge statement in Serie A. For Real Sociedad, surviving that wild ride for an away win, even with a man down, shows serious grit they’ll need to build on. Celta Vigo, however, has some serious soul-searching to do.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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