Lazio dismissed Mourinho with a penalty after a heated derby

The Lazio of Maurizio Sarri reached the semi-finals of the Italian Cup after knocking out Roma Jose Mourinho (1-0) in the always heated one-match derby that brought this quarterfinal tie to the Olympic Stadium. Mattia Zaccagni, penalty, differences marked and three sent off.

The Roman derby was dominated as usual by the great atmosphere and color in the stands, including the launching of flares, sometimes between the same fans, although there were no regrettable incidents.

Dybala retired at half-time

In the first half, as can be expected, there were hardly any chances and strategies with some risk were few. The fear of losing prevailed between the two teams who were careful not to make any mistakes.

At half-time, Roma suffered a setback to their aspirations as José Mourinho was forced to leave his star in the locker room. Paulo Dybala, due to physical problems. The Argentine starred with his quality in some outstanding actions of his team, without a single shot on goal in this first half.

Lazio transformed after the break

After the intermission, Lazio came out determined to surprise and they achieved it. Matias Vecino warned in the first minute with a header that forced him to fly Rui Patricio.

Moments later came the decisive game. The newly incorporated Dean Huijsen, in his first game as a starter for Roma At just 18 years old, he committed punishment to Taty Castellanos. The referee pointed to it at VAR’s request and Mattia Zaccagni converted it (51′).

Lazio took flight at the start of the second half and made Roma suffer. The neighbor stroked the goal again with a good first shot that went close to the post (56′).

Mourinho is playing it

Roma scored for the first time in the 60th minute through Lorenzo Pellegrini, a substitute for Dybala, but it was difficult for them to generate plays as Romelu Lukaku was well-marked and hardly involved in the whole match.

Mourinho risked everything and ended up playing with four forwards when he came on Sardar Azmoun, by whose boots attempts to bind pass, Stephan El Shaarway and Andrea Belotti.

Pedro Rodríguez, also with Maurizio Sarri, had a shot but ended up at the hands of Rui Patricio as Lazio took advantage of the gaps left by an overturned Roma.

The debutant Mandas, decisive and red to Pedro

Christis Mandas was the hero in the end of the Lazio classification. The Greek goalkeeper, who made his debut at the age of 22 when Ivan Provedel was sidelined with fever, was decisive in the 86th minute by denying a shot from Belotti and reacting in time to prevent Lorenzo Pellegrini from reaching the rebound on the same line.

In a tense discount, Pedro was sent off after seeing two yellow cardsthe first for wasting time and the second for responding to the teasing of Leandro Paredes, who grabbed his back by the neck.

Great overhead kick from Lukaku

Lukaku Roma had one last chance to take the game to extra time with a great Chilean shotafter controlling with his chest, which went over the crossbar.

Before the final whistle Azmoun also headed to the locker room seeing a direct red for a scuffle and, when the match was over, the referee He also showed it to Mancini, center of Rome.

LAZIO

10

ROME

Lazio: Mandas; Lazzari (Pellegrini, m.68), Patric, Romagnoli, Marusic; Guendouzi, Cataldi (Rovella, m.68), Neighbor; Felipe Anderson, Castellanos (Isaksen, m.77), Zaccagni (Pedro, m.68).

Rome: Rui Patricio; Kristensen, Mancini, Huijsen (Belotti, m.81); Karsdorp (Azmoun, m.58), Cristante, Paredes, Bove (El Shaarawy, m.76), Zalewski (Spinazzola, m.58); Dybala (Pellegrini, m.46), Lukaku.

Goal: 1-0, m.51: Zaccagni, penalty.

Referee Daniele Orsato. He showed yellow cards to Castellanos (m.59), Guendozi (m.65) and Pedro (m.95, m.96) of Lazio; and Mancini (m.65) for Roma. Pedro was sent off for a double yellow (m.97); and Azmoun (m.100) and Mancini (m.100) for direct red.

Incidents: match corresponding to the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup played at the Olympic Stadium in Rome.

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