At 1:00 a.m. Beijing time on December 13, the 17th round of Serie A ushered in a match, lazio made a away challenge to Sassuolo. Lazio's record in the league is average, with 7 wins and 5 losses in the first 16 league games, and the results are comparable to Roma Juve. Lazio's recent results have been inconsistent, first losing 4-0 to Napoli, then playing a stunning 4-4 score with Udinese before beating Sampdoria 3-1. In the Europa League group stage three days ago, Lazio and Galatasaray only played a 0-0 draw, and Lazio could only qualify for the Europa League knockout play-off as the second in the group. Lazio's match against Sassuolo this time has won and lost each other in two legs last season. Sassuolo's team cannot be underestimated, beating Juve and drawing with Napoli. This game is no small challenge for Lazio.
Lazio lined up in a 433 formation for this game. Strakosha served as the starting goalkeeper. Marusic, Archer, Felipe and Hisay are paired at 4 backs. Toma Basic, Qatari and Akpro make up the 4 midfield. The combined attacking trident of Zakani, Immobile and Pedro joined forces. Felipe Anderson sits on the bench. Milinkovic Savage is suspended for absence.
In the 3rd minute of the game, Tolian split the ball on the right side of the front, burst into the box with the ball, sent a cross, but unfortunately the defender preemptively released the ball. In the 5th minute, Lazio scored! Pedro sent a cross from the right side of the penalty area, Zakani pushed straight and the ball went into the net! Lazio got off to a fantastic start. In the 11th minute, Skamaka received the ball with his back near the penalty spot and turned to shoot, and the goalkeeper quickly landed on the ground to save the ball.
In the 29th minute, Zakani's cross from the left was cleared and Pedro unloaded the ball and was kicked away by his opponent when he tried to shoot. At the end of the half, Lazio led Sassuolo 1-0. Lazio scored just one shot on goal in the first half. And Sassuolo had 10 shots on goal in the first half, 3 shots on target, and none of them scored, which was too strange.
The second half was easy to fight again. In the 47th minute, Belaardi almost scored, but unfortunately it was slightly offside. In the 62nd minute, Sassuolo scored! Berardi dribbled horizontally at the edge of the penalty area and fired furiously, the ball hanging straight into the dead corner, and the goalkeeper was motionless, only to watch the ball enter the net. Six minutes later, Sassuolo scored another goal with Raspadori pushing the ball. Lazio conceded two goals in 6 minutes and fell down. Sarri was desperate. In the 88th minute, Aihan was sent off for a foul. After that, Basic set the ball and shot at goal, it looked like he had scored, but the ball failed to cross the goal line, which was a pity. In the end, Lazio lost 1-2 to Sassuolo. Sarri messed up.