Double-breath for Lazio in Empoli – Genoa beat Sassuolo with a terrific upset!

Returned to victories and breathed a sigh of relief Lazio!

The Romans prevailed away from home with 2-0 against Empoli for their 17th matchday Serie Ain a game in which they found a goal in each half and justly reached the “three points”.

So, the whole of it Maurizio Sarri reached 24 points and -3 behind 6th Napoli and the place that gives a European ticket, while the losers remained in 18th place and the relegation zone with 12 points.

In the 9th Geduzi opened the scoring and took the stress out of the Lazio players, while in the 67th minute Jakani sealed the victory for his team. Great performance from Ivan Provendel with seven saves.

In the other match, a great turnaround was achieved by Genoa who got a valuable “double” in the fight to stay in the division, as he prevailed 2-1 in Sassuolo.

“Neroverdi” entered better and took the lead with his goal Pinamonti in the 28th minute, but the visitors reacted and equalized in the 64th minute with a Gudmundsson penalty, taking the victory in the 87th minute with Ekuban’s redeemer.

In this way, the home team remained in 15th place with 16 points, while Genoa rose to 13th with 19 points and tied with Frosinone.

Detailed schedule of the 17th matchday:

Friday, December 22

Empoli-Lazio 0-2

(9′ Gedouzi, 67′ Tzakani)

Sassuolo-Genoa 1-2

(28′ Pinamonti – 64′ Gudmundsson, 87′ Ekuban)

Salernitana-Milan (21:45)

Monza-Fiorentina (21:45)

Saturday, December 23

Frosinone-Juventus (13:30)

Bologna-Atalanta (16:00)

Torino-Udinese (16:00)

Inter-Lecce (19:00)

Verona-Cagliari (19:00)

Roma-Napoli (21:45)

The next (18th) matchday:

Friday, December 29

Napoli-Monza (19:30)

Fiorentina-Torino (19:30)

Genoa-Inter (21:45)

Lazio-Frosinone (21:45)

Saturday, December 30

Atalanta-Lecce (13:30)

Udinese-Bologna (16:00)

Cagliari-Emboli (16:00)

Milan-Sassuolo (19:00)

Verona-Salernitana (19:00)

Juventus-Roma (21:45)