ROME —
Lazio ensured they would stay in Serie A’s top four on Sunday after beating
Spezia 4–0 in Rome, while
Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi made history in Sassuolo’s
5–0 thumping of Salernitana as the first woman referee in Italy’s top flight.
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Early goals from Mattia Zaccagni and boyhood Lazio
fan Alessio Romagnoli and a brace in the second half from Sergej
Milinkovic-Savic at the Stadio Olimpico put Lazio three points behind league
leaders Napoli in third.
Maurizio Sarri’s team are level on 17 points with AC
Milan and second-placed Atalanta after making short work of Spezia, who are
three points above the relegation zone, and claiming their third straight
league win.
However Lazio will drop back down to fourth should
Atalanta not lose to Fiorentina later on Sunday and Udinese win at Verona on
Monday.
“It could have been an ugly goal as far as I’m
concerned, all that matters is that it went in,” said Romagnoli after scoring
his first Lazio goal since his summer move from Milan with a well-taken volley.
“It was really great today because the team played
really well. ... I’ve only just got here but the group has been working
together for 14 months (on Sarri’s style of play) and I think you can see the
results.”
Lazio’s dominance over their opponents was evident from
kick-off, and they would have been ahead in the second minute had
Ciro Immobile not blasted over a penalty he won just 39 seconds into the match — the earliest
ever in a Serie A match.
The hosts were soon in the lead however thanks to
Zaccagni, who started and finished the move which ended with him tapping home
in the 12th minute after exchanging passes with Felipe Anderson.
And 12 minutes later Romagnoli was kissing the Lazio
badge under the Curva Nord end of the stadium where he went to watch the Roman
team as a boy.
Milinkovic-Savic hit the bar with a header eight
minutes before half-time but the Serbia midfielder rolled home from Danilo
Cataldi’s pass to make it three just after the hour mark.
The 27-year-old then dinked in his 50th Serie A goal
in stoppage time which gave the match a scoreline that reflected the balance of
play.
Ferrieri Caputi had one moment of controversy in her
Serie A officiating debut, giving Sassuolo the penalty from which Andrea
Pinamonti put the hosts two goals ahead six minutes before half-time.
Armand Lauriente had already put Sassuolo in the
lead in the 12th minute with his first Serie A goal when she whistled for what
Salernitana thought was a soft foul on Emil Ceide by Giulio Maggiore.
Kristian Thorstvedt, who had laid on Lauriente’s
opener, then swept home the third in the 53rd minute after rapid counter led by
Agustin Alvarez Martinez.
Abdou Harroui made it four with 14 minutes remaining
before Janis Antiste rolled in a low finish to complete the rout in stoppage
time.
Alessio Dionisi’s side are now seventh, level on 12
points with Inter Milan who were beaten by Roma at the San Siro on Saturday and
drop down a place to eighth.
Monza moved out of the relegation zone thanks to a
3–0 win at the league’s bottom side Sampdoria, their second straight victory
after beating Juventus before the international break.
Matteo Pessina and Gianluca Caprari both scored
their first goals for the club owned by Silvio Berlusconi, who now sit 16th,
before Stefano Sensi scored against his former club, whose team were loudly
booed by fans after the final whistle.
Samp have lost their last four and are four points
behind 17th-placed Bologna, who take on Juve in Turin on Sunday night.
Lecce drew 1–1 with Cremonese with penalties from Daniel
Ciofani and Gabriel Strefezza leaving each side with a point.
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