DERBY DELLA CAPITALE: Lazio - Roma 1-4 | Goals and highlights
Whilst the Giallorossi are flying high under returning manager Luciano Spalletti, colleague Stefano Pioli doesn't look likely to keep his post going into next season.
With Lazio's Europa League dream ending last week in embarassing fashion against Sparta Prague, the 8th-placed Bianconcelesti don't have much to play for, with Europa League football a full seven points away.
Because of all his injuries in defence, Pioli comes into this game with two undesirables on the wings, Edson Braafheid and Patric. Will they be able to contain Stefano El Shaarawy and Mohamed Salah?
Lazio haven't won a league derby since 2012, though they did beat Roma in the 2013 Coppa Italia final, arguably the Biancocelesti's greatest achievement in recent years excepting last year's third place.
Very few fans (maybe under 40.000) are expected to turn up, with the two Curve (firms) deciding to turn out elsewhere in town in protest at the local authorities' decision to erect barriers in the two ends and increasing security measures.
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22': Roma have now had two chances, Salah first with a dribble in the box, then a promising ElSha cross, too high for Salah in the middle. Roma are so quick on the counter, and don't ignore Perotti's role both in attack and in defence, where he harries the ball carrier well.
18':
Some proper Italian defending https://t.co/4kAyanPz0t
— Moe^2 (@MoeSquare) 3 aprile 2016
17': Here's a stat for you: El Shaarawy has never won a Milan derby!
Thanks to Sky's comms for that one!
16': Pretty much the first clear chance of the game, if you exclude that cutback Felipe Anderson tried earlier on. Roma's left wing is doing great work so far.
15': ELSHAAAA!!! Roma are ahead! What a cross from Digne! Quick play from Roma, Digne wastes no time on the right, finds a peach of a ball for ElShaarawy! 1-0 Roma!
12': De Rossi loses his mind on the bench, either because Salah was taking on 4 defenders, or because nobody was with him. Meanwhile, everything Anderson does is brilliant. A true creative spark.
8': Great work from Biglia! Blocks Digne twice as Frenchman is very industrious on the left. Good start to the Derby.
7': Felipe Anderson beats his man on consecutive attacks, tries cutback from left, defence clears.
6': This is what Roma's ultras are getting up to in Testaccio. They're boycotting the game in protest at the increased security measures and the barriers at the Olimpico. And Pallotta. And many other things, really.
The scene at testaccio pic.twitter.com/1RcZQNKNhY
— Terry Daley (@T_Daley) 3 aprile 2016
3': El Shaarawy and Salah already causing the Lazio defence headaches, the Acquile struggling to keep up. Bisevac commits a foul, second corner for Roma as Salah ramps up the pressure.
