It was certainly an entertaining debut for Walter Mazzarri at Cagliari, with great goals including a Joao Pedro looping header and Danilo Cataldi rocket.
Ciro Immobile got his head to the Sergej Milinkovic-Savic cross to put Lazio in front, but Joao Pedro scored one with a well-worked move and then set up Keita Balde Diao against his former club.
Serie A | Lazio 2-2 Cagliari: Mazzarri stalls Sarri in thriller
Suspended coach Maurizio Sarri could only watch and stress-smoke in the stands of the Stadio Olimpico.
Alessio Cragno kept out the Luis Alberto screamer, but was helpless against Cataldi’s ground-to-air missile into the top corner.