Lazio swallow defeat in the Italian Serie A League

Lazio swallow defeat in the Italian Serie A League

Lazio lost another Serie A defeat this week, Simione Inzaghi's men were beaten by Sassuolo by a score of 1-2 at the Olimpico Roma Stadium. Saturday, 12/12/2020.

Playing at Lazio's own headquarters is like losing the game, they even lost touch of the style of play, from statistical data Lazio only controlled the game 38% this is different from the Sassuolo visitors who control the game with 62% ball control during the match.

Actually Lazio took the lead in the first half in the 32nd minute through a goal presented by Luis Alberto, but Sassuolo tried to get up in the second half when Raspadori equalized to 1-1 in the 52nd minute. The visitors were born in the 90th minute through Caputo, the score 1-2 changed for Sassuolo victory.

The defeat leaves Biancoceleste far behind Juventus to win the title this season. Lazio are still in second place this season, collecting 68 points. They failed to cut the gap with Juventus at the top of the table. Now, both are still within seven points. In fact, Lazio are also threatened with being evicted from second place by Atalanta if they beat Juventus on Sunday 12 July.

The composition of the two teams:

Lazio: Thomas Strakosha, Bastos, Francesco Acerbi, Stefan Radu / Denis Vavro (83 '), Manuel Lazzari Mergej Milinkovic-Savic / Lucas Leiva (67'), Marco Parolo, Luis Alberto / Bobby Adekanye (83 '), Jordan Lukaku / Jony (46 '), Felipe Caicedo / Danilo Cataldi (61'), Ciro Immobile.

Sassuolo: Andrea Consigli, Giorgos Kyriakopoulos, Gianmarco Ferrari, Marlon, Jeremy Toljan / Mert Muldur (46 '), Manuel Locatelli, Mehdi Bourabia, Jeremie Boga / Rogrio (79'), Filip Djuricic / Lukas Haraslin (68 '), Hamed Traore / Francesco Caputo (46 '), Giacomo Raspadori / Giangiacomo Magnani (89').