Lazio 1-0 AS Roma: Lazio has recovered from the European elimination by AZ. The Romans were too strong for AS Roma’s ten (1-0) in the city derby.
Lazio washes away AZ hangover with small victory in Roman derby
Lazio lost twice to AZ in the round of 16 of the Conference League and in the meantime dropped expensive points against Bologna in the Serie A. The Roman derby was scheduled for Sunday in Stadio Olimpico. The neighborly quarrel initially went right, but Roma cut his fingers badly after half an hour. Roger Ibañez received his second yellow card and had to go red.
Nevertheless, Lazio failed to make a difference for a long time. In the 65th minute it was Mattia Zaccagni who brought the redemption. The Italian took advantage of Nicola Zalewski’s fumbling and controlled the ball behind Rui Patrício in the far corner (1-0). Nicolo Casale seemed to equalize with an own goal, but the VAR ruled out that goal due to offside.
Tension at the top of the table
Roma increased in the final phase, but could not get Lazio into trouble anymore. Thanks to the victory, Lazio climbed over Internazionale to second place in Serie A. The club from Milan will play the top match against Juventus on Sunday and will skip over Lazio again with a victory. Roma failed to take over the fourth place, which entitles them to a ticket for the Champions League, from AC Milan.
Roma will be Feyenoord’s opponent in the quarterfinals of the Europa League next month. The leader of the Eredivisie first plays in De Kuip on Thursday 13 April, the return is in the Italian capital a week later.
Karsdorp’s surgery
For Karsdorp, the Europa League match with Real Sociedad ended after more than forty minutes on Thursday. After a collision, the back was beaten to the side.
Research has shown that surgery is necessary to correct the problems with his broken nose. That means he has to put a line through Sunday’s city derby.
The injury is a setback for Karsdorp, who was just making a comeback after the fight with José Mourinho. In the last seven matches he came within the lines at Roma, which was linked to his old club Feyenoord in the Europa League.
