Brazilian Hernanes spent three-and-a-half years at Lazio
Inter Milan's Mauro Icardi (left) kicks the ball past Lazio's Mauricio during their Italian league match at the Olympic stadium in Rome on Sunday. Milan won 2-1. (Photo: AP)
Rome: A brace from former Lazio star Hernanes saw Inter Milan beat his old side 2-1 in Serie ‘A’ in an incident-packed clash on Sunday which saw the hosts have two players sent off and Inter miss a penalty.
Brazilian Hernanes spent three-and-a-half years at Lazio and claimed that he cried when he was sold to Inter last January. But he enraged the home fans in Rome when he celebrated his 26th-minute equaliser with a somersault only seconds after defender Mauricio had been sent off for pulling back Rodrigo Palacio when he was through on goal.
“This was a very important match for me, I’m a better player than I was at Lazio and I wanted to show it,” said Hernanes. “(Lazio chairman Claudio) Lotito spoke too much, saying that he’d done a great bit of business by selling me. That was for him,” he added.
To rub salt into the wound the 29-year-old raced on to Palacio’s delightful flick and slotted home the winner seven minutes before the end to move Inter up to 52 points, only three away from the Europa League places. Stefano Pioli’s side, who took the lead in the eighth minute through a classy Antonio Candreva strike.
( Source : AFP )
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