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16 December 2019Two goals in full recovery give Lazio the eighth consecutive success in the league and the third solitary third place with three points from the leading pair. At the 'Sardegna Arena' Cagliari lost 2-1 after being in fact the lead for the entire match. However, we are in fifth place after the 'Monday Night' which ended the 16th round.

Maran maneuvering with Nainggolan behind Joao Pedro and Simeone. Inzaghi with the usual 3-5-2, the tips are Correa and Immobile. Race immediately at very high rates, many inaccuracies. Immobile, due to a defensive lightness, he runs towards the area but strangles the diagonal that Rafael blocks without problems. The Sardinian answer is lethal: Joao Pedro extends a ball towards the center of the area, Simeone unloads his left-footed shot under the crossbar. Cagliari on the 8th. Lazio is forced to play the game and force time. The ball spins between the feet of the biancocelesti but they find a well-organized wall in front of the rossoblù area. The hosts are therefore closer to scoring on the stage curtain. First there is the initiative of Nainggolan, who enters the area and kicks, Strakosha rejects. Then, on a corner action, Joao Pedro tries again the bank game but this time Simeon does not hit the target.

Lazio of great career at the beginning of recovery. Great action, with double tunnel, by Correa and cross for the piece of Immobile that Joao Pedro finds on his way. The Sardinian defense is often in trouble, but the biancocelesti's stilettate are missing. Cagliari has such enormous opportunities on the counterattack. Simeon finds himself at the edge of the area on the Naucgolan imbucata, but he wastes badly in front of Strakosha. Then Joao Pedro steals the ball and flew lonely, Acerbi manages to counteract the shot. Inzaghi plays the last 10 'with three points: Caicedo for Radu. Lazio ahead, Lazzari crosses to the center and Immobile of the head does not find the door. Spaces for Cagliari: Simeone launches the newcomer Faragò who slips in front of Strakosha. Seven minutes of recovery in which the history of the match changes. At 93 'Acerbi's cross, short of the defense, Luis Alberto is ready to center the baggage. Lazio believes in it and at 98 'Caicedo heads the overtaking with a header over Jony's cross.