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September 26, 2021Sarri wins the match against Mou at the end of a highly competitive match, as only the Capitoline derby created by two technicians with opposite philosophies can give.
Lazio makes the derby winning three very heavy points that sweep away the doubts after the hesitations at the beginning of the championship and inflate the team with self-esteem.
Twenty splendid minutes at the start of the match immediately launched Lazio into orbit which went 2-0 with Milinkovic-Savic and the former Pedro. Immobile nearly scored the knockout, allowing Roma to get back in the running with Ibanez. In the second half, the Biancocelesti took off again with Felipe Anderson but once again Roma tried not to give up by remaining attached to the match with Zaniolo, the best of the Giallorossi, who got the penalty scored by Veretout in the 69th minute and then touched the draw with a powerful shot repelled by a formidable parade from Reina.
Heart and courage are therefore not enough for the Giallorossi who paid for the absence of captain Lorenzo Pellegrini, absent due to disqualification. In fact, it was the midfield that made the difference, immediately occupied by the formation of Sarri who made the most of the restarts after having obtained the double advantage. Roma thus slows down its race towards the top areas of the standings remaining at 12 points, Lazio resurrects and moves to a distance from the Giallorossi.
In Lazio, the coach Sarri aims surprisingly from the first minute on Marusic. Forward Property flanked by Pedro and Felipe Anderson. In Rome there is Vina, with Mkhitaryan playmaker in place of the suspended Pellegrini and El Shaarawy from the first minute. Decided start of the biancocelesti immediately to want to impose their game from a technical point of view, Roma accepts the pressure of Lazio and then goes out on the counterattack. The positive moment of Sarri's team is certified at the first real lunge: Felipe Anderson's perfect cross, Milinkovic takes off alone in the airfield and scores with a header. On leaving Rui Patricio overwhelms him, the Serbian remains on the ground for the blow to the face but then, after a few moments of concern for his condition, he gets up. Roma tries to shake up, reacts but leaves too much space for Lazio that in the 19 'goes to double with the former on duty, Pedro, who collects an illuminating passage of Immobile and with a low shot puts it on the net one centimeter from the post. Pedro is the third player to score as an ex in the derby after Arne Selmonsson and Kolarov.
It is a derby that passes through the counterattack and Lazio are the masters of that area of the field. Roma relies more on nerves and character to try to straighten out the match and begins to pick up a bit of pace while risking the Lazio restart. She first becomes dangerous with a shot from outside in the 25th minute by Veretout saved by Reina who is immediately saved from the post by Zaniolo's close header from a corner kick. Immobile in the 37th minute has the chance to close the match using a bad lost ball by Mkhitaryan but after reaching the bottom of the area he concludes with a powerful right that ends up on the outside of the goal. The match takes even more altitude by playing at a very high pace, Lazio thus begins to retreat slightly,Roma, on the other hand, has no alternative but to push and at the end of the first half they shorten the distance with Ibanez who heads up a corner from Vererout, anticipates the Lazio defense and hits the mark by returning hope to the Giallorossi. Mou now asks for calm, and before the double whistle goes immediately to the locker room to give new energy to his team.
It was since November 2012 that there have not been three goals in the derby after the first half. In the second half, Roma threw themselves forward to hunt for a draw but the key remains the same with Lazio relying on the flare-ups that exhausted them. The Roma midfield shows continuous flaws, the absence of Pellegrini is felt. The match now lives of tears. Sarri replaces Leiva for Cataldi to try to compact the team better. And the move immediately bears fruit. In speed Lazio find the space for a splendid restart embellished by a gallop from Immobile that steers in the center of the area, avoids the intervention first of Mancini and then of Rui Patricio and supports for Felipe Anderson who is free to kick on the net for 3 -1 which pushes back to Rome. The Giallorossi team throws itself forward,Zaniolo takes the team on his shoulders and in the 69th minute gets the penalty that allows Veretout, with a powerful shot, to bring himself back to Lazio. A few minutes later the rediscovered Giallorossi midfielder, who shows a full physical recovery, gets a shot from the right outside of the area that Reina manages to repel. Sarri's race under the North curve with the biancoceleste eagle on his arm appears to be the beginning of a new chapter. For Mou it is a misstep that he will have to manage in the best possible way in front of a disappointed supporters.area that Reina manages to repel. Sarri's race under the North curve with the biancoceleste eagle on his arm appears to be the beginning of a new chapter. For Mou it is a misstep that he will have to manage in the best possible way in front of a disappointed supporters.area that Reina manages to repel. Sarri's race under the North curve with the biancoceleste eagle on his arm appears to be the beginning of a new chapter. For Mou it is a misstep that he will have to manage in the best possible way in front of a disappointed supporters.