Sassuolo wins in Ferrara and is third in the standings. De Zerbi's team conquers a very important success by making evident technical superiority in the second half, even if Spal has played for a long time on the same level and also went very close to the advantage both in the first half (Felipe failed to score from two steps) both in the second (network canceled at Simic for offside). Both teams gave good answers to the coaches, but in the end the highest quality of the Sassuolo emerged.
FIRST TIME - De Zerbi makes extensive use of the turnover also for the not good conditions of Berardi and Boateng, who sit on the bench together with Lirola and Di Francesco. The coach chooses 3-4-2-1 with Djuricic and Boga behind Babacar. As usual, the Sassuolo applies a game made of continuous movements, changes of position and sudden attacks on the door. The Spal, however, offers the classic 3-5-2 with careful central locking and the attempt to hit the side streets.
On the right Lazzari is more incisive than Fares appears to the left, the tips Petagna and Antenucci but are never triggered also because the three defenders of De Zerbi work well and also in midfield the Sassuolo pretty easily controls the situation. If the game remains in the hands of the neroverdi, the biggest opportunity happens however to Spal on the developments of a corner: at 19 'Simic is a tower for Felipe that from two meters centers Consigli, whose reflection is still almost prodigious. The Sassuolo replica with a couple of broad conclusions of Babacar and with a shot of the flickering Boga that forces Gomis to dive.
SECOND TIME - After the break Sassuolo seems sleepy while Spal raises the pace. At 7 ', on a corner action, a goal was disallowed to Simic for offside active Petagna. The Sassuolo awakens and finds the advantage at 14 'with a wonderful combination Boga-Babacar: the striker pulls, Gomis rejects, Felipe to postpone hits Adjapong who scores. From that moment the Sassuolo brings out the technical superiority in the management of the ball and in the restart. Babacar wasted a few good chances, then in the 36th minute Lirola's offside goal was canceled. At 42 'Matri enters that in three minutes hit the post after a personal action and then scores using an assist of Djuricic triggered by a mistake of Simic. The same Djuricic wastes the tris by mistaking the spoon on the exit of Gomis, but the game was already closed.
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Serie A