The Capital finds its smile again. Roma e Lazio they obtain two fundamental victories for the continuation of the season, which restore some morale and serenity, in the midst of a very complicated period for both. Mourinho needed 3 points not to arrive at Sunday's match against Milan with water in his throat, Sarri to inject confidence in an increasingly doubtful environment about his project: they both made it at the end of two painful matches albeit in a different way.
The Giallorossi in Cagliari they had a bad time, even risking losing against the last in the standings, but then they came to terms with an important comeback, proving they have the right character to aim for a place in the Champions League. The goal of Pavoletti (52') could prove to be a difficult blow to take; instead, the She-Wolf pulled out her teeth and not just to growl. In the 71st minute, after some sensational chances that made one think of a haunted match (Pellegrini's cross above all), Ibanez he found the equalizer with a header, sending Mazzarri's Cagliari to the ropes. The KO hit thus came a few minutes later, thanks to a splendid free-kick by Pellegrini, very good at sending the ball under the top corner and giving Mourinho a very important victory.
Less pyrotechnic evening at the Olimpico, where the Lazio did not have to reassemble the Fiorentina, but still pulled up to 94 '. The biancocelesti, returning from the bad defeat in Verona, had to react and they did, allowing Sarri to breathe after three days in apnea. The splendid is decisive Pedro's goal in the 52nd minute, at the end of a good play finished off by Milinkovic-Savic: and so, even on the night when Immobile runs out of luck, Lazio takes the 3 points, also thanks to a lackluster, smoky Viola, unable to create any particular problems to a careful Reina anyway.
“We played the best game of the season, better than the one against Inter and the one against Roma – he exulted Sarri – After making a mistake in Verona the level of nervousness could have been high, this gave us great application but little courage, but then the goal freed our minds and we played more calmly. Luis Alberto also played a great game, however I had no doubts about the reaction, it falls within our characteristics, but I'll only be truly satisfied when I see continuity in the attitude".
The show, however, is not over yet: to conclude the tenth day, in fact, the match between Naples and Bologna, engaged in tonight's postponement (20.45 pm). A very delicate match, for obvious reasons for the standings: Milan's success on Tuesday, in fact, forces the Azzurri to respond in the same way, on pain of losing the lead for the first time since the beginning of the season. However, even the rossoblu, while not playing for such an important goal, are eager for points, especially after the defeat on Saturday (precisely against Pioli's rossoneri) which left the bitter taste of the joke.
“They are a tough team, they deserved a different result – he confirmed Spalletti – We must try to win this game, giving meaning to our championship with victories and performances. Arbitration controversy? I said it at the beginning of the season, complaining is for losers”. The final reference is to the expulsion remedied with Roma, but also to the penalty not given for a contact between Vina and Anguissa which sparked many discussions.
In any case, the blue coach is focused on today's challenge, which he will try to win despite some inevitable turnover. The blue 4-2-3-1 will thus see Ospina in goal, Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Koulibaly and Mario Rui in defense, Anguissa, Demme and Zielinski in midfield, Lozano, Osimhen and Elmas in attack. On the other hand, there were various training problems for Mihajlovic, who was forced to deal with the disqualifications of Soriano and Soumaoro and with the injury of Arnautovic, who wasn't even called up. The Rossoblu coach will thus rely on a 3-5-2 with Skorupski between the posts, Binks, Medel and Theate in the back department, De Silvestri, Schouten, Dominguez, Svanberg and Hickey in the midfield, Orsolini and Barrow as an offensive duo.
