Marušić's 340 - as captain, he scheduled a "showdown" with Krstović in the semifinals

Lazio legend - Montenegrin footballer brightened up a nice evening at "Dal'Ara" by jumping into the Top 10 in terms of appearances for the Roman club

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Marušić after scoring a penalty against Bologna, Photo: Printscreen YouTube
Marušić after scoring a penalty against Bologna, Photo: Printscreen YouTube
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A perfect ball that opened up Bologna's defense for the equalizer and composure in the penalty shootout - more than enough from Adam Marušić in his 340th appearance for Lazio.

The Montenegrin footballer once again led the "Biancocelesti" as captain - now via Bologna to the semi-finals of the Italian Cup, where he will face another member of the national team who is in top form - Nikola Krstović and Atalanta.

Marušić brightened up a beautiful evening at "Dal'Ara" by jumping into the Top 10 in terms of the number of appearances for the Roman club.

With 340 games in the blue jersey, our national team player has surpassed the legendary goalkeeper from the championship days, Luka Markedjani, on the all-time list, and tied with Ćiro Immobile in 9th place.

In the coming matches, Marušić will overtake both Sergej Milinković Savić (341) and Aldo Pućineli (342), while after that the challenge should be Senad Lulić (371) in fifth position and Paolo Negro (376) in fourth. Stefan Radu played the most games for Lazio (427), followed by Giuseppe Favali (401) and Giuseppe Wilson (394).

The guy who played 68 games for the "falcons" arrived in Lazio in 2017 from Ostend, and with the club from "Olympique" he won the Cup and two Italian Super Cups.

Lazio reached the semi-finals in a tough away game against the defending Cup champions. Bologna were leading through a goal from Santiago Castro, but Lazio equalised through Tijani Noslin - Marušić launched a pass to Fisajo Dele-Bashiru on the right, and the Nigerian found the Dutchman who had no trouble scoring.

The match went to a penalty shootout, where the hosts missed (Luis Ferguson and Riccardo Orsolini), while all Lazio players - including Marušić - were safe from the penalty spot.

"We haven't lost away from home since November and that shows we're on the right track, even if we still have difficulties at home. I'm happy for the fans and for my players - they struggled in the first 30 minutes but then responded with great character," said Maurizio Sarri, the Lazio coach.

In the second semi-final, Inter and Como will meet.

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