ROME. Lazio restarts after the shock of the defeat in the derby beating a Sassuolo who is beautiful to look at, but not cynical. To kick off the biancoceleste party in a cold and half-empty Olympic, Lazzari thinks in the first half capable of sweeping away the ghosts of the derby. In the second half it is Milinkovic-Savic who puts the result in the safe with the doubling, relaunching the European ambitions of Sarri’s team that, waiting for the other matches of the 31st matchday, overtakes Rome and Atalanta to reach fifth place in the standings. For the neroverdi lots of applause for his young jewels, but zero points. The goal in injury time signed by Traorè was useless, fixing the game on the final 2-1.
In Lazio there is no suspended Pedro, an absence that requires Zaccagni to be present in the trident with Immobile and Felipe Anderson. In directing Leiva is preferred to Cataldi, alongside him the usual Milinkovic-Savic and Luis Alberto. Behind, Patric and Marusic play in place of Luiz Felipe and Hysaj. In Sassuolo who returns from disqualification is Raspadori, but the Emilians lose the unavailable Berardi and Lopez: it will be 4-2-3-1 with the attack completed by Defrel and Traoré behind Scamacca. Space for Matheus Henrique in the middle, while in the center of the defense Ayhan is the owner next to Ferrari.
At the start, Sassuolo played the game and Lazio started off on the counterattack. Scamacca is very dangerous and nearly takes the lead twice. Immobile replies with a restart lunge that frees Lazzari who gets the shot rejected by Councils. It is only the starter for the Lazio side that a little later brings Sarri’s team ahead: there is no agreement in setting up between Ferrari and Kyriakopoulos, anticipated by Lazzari’s high pressing. The biancoceleste winger brings the ball, returns from the edge on the left and fires a fireball on which Consiglio cannot reach: 1-0 Lazio. Once in the lead, Immobile and his teammates appear galvanized, almost doubling twice with Felipe Anderson and the very dangerous n.17 himself. Sassuolo jumped three minutes from the end of the first fraction with the post hit by Frattesi.
The game restarts and Lazio’s 2-0 scored by Milinkovic-Savic immediately arrives, a goal validated after almost five minutes of analysis by the Var. Inactive ball scheme entrusted to Luis Alberto, who puts a ball for the insertion of Milinkovic-Savic: the shot is dirty but effective, the ball slowly goes into the net mocking Advice. Reached the double advantage, Lazio controlled the match easily even touching the 3-0 with Luis Alberto who takes the crossbar directly from a corner kick. Dionisi tries to revive his Sassuolo with the changes (outside Frattesi and Muldur, inside Harroui and Toljan) but the biancoceleste defense is good at breaking the Emilian threats in the bud. Sassuolo’s only goal came too late, in the 94th minute, with Traorè: ball in the area spiked by Samele precisely for Traorè who scored only in front of Strakosha. Thus it ends, 2-1, with Sarri and his restarts towards a Europe still to be conquered.