Lazio have now received eight of their final 9 matches throughout all competitions after securing a 2-1 victory in on Monday night, which was made simpler by the double-sending off of Yerry Mina and Michel Adopo quarter-hour from time.
Lazio have been on spectacular type over the previous few weeks, which resulted in a coach of the month award for Marco Baroni. The 1-0 loss towards Juventus is the group’s solely defeat in any competitors since mid-September.
It took simply two minutes of the sport for the hosts to poke themselves forward.
Luca Pellegrini delivered a troubling free-kick after a penalty-style leaping run-up. The supply bounced proper in entrance of Simone Scuffet, who parried again into hazard the place the alert Dia was able to clear up.
Taty Castellanos stung Scuffet’s palms halfway via the second half with a pushed effort from 25 yards out for Lazio’s second-closest effort of the primary half.
Cagliari have been again stage after a high-quality piece of group play within the closing third. Antoine Makoumbou fired the ball into the toes of Luvumbo within the space, who was capable of spin his man and discover the underside nook, with the assistance of a major deflection.
Pellegrini was concerned within the goal-scoring motion once more mid-way via the second-half. He burst into the Cagliari space to follow-up on a semi-clearance, however was clipped by Nadir Zortea on his means into the field.
A short VAR verify ensued, and the penalty was ultimately awarded. Mattia Zaccagni, who had solely emerged from the substitutes’ bench just a few moments earlier, dispatched a robust effort into the underside nook for his second aim of the season.
Issues went from dangerous to considerably worse for Cagliari instantly after the restart. Yerry Mina was proven his second yellow card of the sport for bringing down Castellanos on the counter-attack, after which Michel Adopo was additionally given his second yellow for his protests within the aftermath.
It was a disgrace for Cagliari, who had arguably been the stronger of the 2 sides within the second-half till Zaccagni’s penalty.
Lazio might have put themselves additional forward earlier than the tip of time, however they have been denied by some determined defending and some untidy finishes from Pedro and Castellanos.
Lazio at the moment are as much as fifth in Serie A with 22 factors type 11 league matches. They’re stage on factors with Atalanta in third and solely three factors off the present league leaders, Napoli.
Full-time: Lazio 2-1 Cagliari
Dia (L) 2’, Luvumbo (C) 41’, Zaccagni (76’).
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