Lazio came from behind to win 1-2 at Cremonese, with Tijjani Noslin — introduced at half-time — scoring the decisive goal in the 90th minute to complete a comeback that had been building since the opening exchanges of the second half.
The match turned on a concentrated burst of Lazio activity either side of the interval. Cremonese forward Federico Bonazzoli gave the hosts the lead on 29 minutes, converting with an assist from Romano Floriani Mussolini to make it 1-0. It was the kind of goal that Giampaolo's side needed: a moment of clarity in a run that had produced just one point from their last three matches. The lead held through a first half in which Lazio midfielder Oliver Provstgaard collected a yellow card on 40 minutes, a sign of the pressure the visitors were applying without yet finding a way through.
Sarri's response at the break was direct. Lazio coach Maurizio Sarri withdrew Daniel Maldini and Patric simultaneously, sending on Noslin and Nicolò Rovella before the second half had even begun. The adjustment took eight minutes to produce its result: on 53 minutes, Noslin turned provider, assisting Lazio winger Gustav Isaksen to level at 1-1. The equaliser arrived with Cremonese still reorganising — Giampaolo's own triple substitution came eight minutes later, bringing on Warren Bondo, Jamie Vardy, and Martín Payero in a single wave. The game was now open, both benches emptied into it, and the contest drifted toward what looked like a draw.
Noslin settled it. With Lazio substitute Boulaye Dia — on since the 81st minute — providing the assist, Noslin converted in the 90th minute to make it 2-1. It was his second decisive contribution of the afternoon: first the assist for Isaksen's equaliser, then the winner himself. Sarri had brought him on with the match against Cremonese still lost; Noslin left it won.
Cremonese's difficulty was structural as much as tactical. Baschirotto was withdrawn as early as the 21st minute — before Bonazzoli had even scored — and the subsequent shape of the back line was never fully tested in the first half in the way it would be after the break. When Lazio's double substitution at half-time reconfigured the visitors' attacking options, Cremonese's response required three simultaneous changes of their own, a reactive pattern that reflects a side managing rather than controlling. Their last five matches have brought one point, two goals scored, and nine conceded; the last three have been marginally less severe but follow the same direction. Bonazzoli's opener was a moment of genuine quality, but it arrived against a Lazio side that had beaten Napoli away from home in April and carried momentum into this fixture.
That form context matters. Lazio arrived at Cremonese with momentum and even a draw at home to Udinese the week prior had not disrupted their rhythm. The visitors absorbed the early setback of going behind and responded with the kind of half-time restructuring that suggests a coaching staff with a clear second-half plan. Cremonese, by contrast, have now taken one point from their last five matches, with their only goal in the last three coming from the penalty spot — no, from open play through Bonazzoli today, which makes it the sole bright moment in an otherwise bleak recent run.
Noslin's 90th-minute goal is the detail that will define this fixture: a substitute, on for less than fifty minutes, who both created and scored in a match Lazio had no business winning at the interval.