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ROME, ITALY – MARCH 09: Daniel Maldini with his teammates of SS Lazio celebrates after scoring the opening goal during Serie A match between SS Lazio and US Sassuolo Calcio at Stadio Olimpico on March 09, 2026 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Paolo Bruno/Getty Images)
Lazio pounced on a goalkeeping error to punish on-form Sassuolo in stoppages with Adam Marusic, with a 2-1 victory that takes them into the top 10.
The Aquile were fresh off a 2-2 Coppa Italia semi-final draw with Atalanta on Wednesday, but lost goalkeeper Ivan Provedel for the season after shoulder surgery, joining Toma Basic, Nicolò Rovella and Samuel Gigot on the sidelines, so January signing Edoardo Motta made his Serie A debut. The Neroverdi won five of the last six games, losing only to Inter, and Andrea Pinamonti was suspended, with Nemanja Matic suffering from flu symptoms, plus Alieu Fadera, Daniel Boloca, Edoardo Pieragnolo and Fali Candé injured.
Lazio ultras continued to boycott the match in protest at President Claudio Lotito, so there were only 5,000 fans present.
See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.
It took 80 seconds to break the deadlock, as Gustav Isaksen surged forward after a throw-in and forced the save from Arijanet Muric, but Daniel Maldini gathered the rebound, took a touch to send Woyo Coulibaly to ground, and walked it into the net from six yards.
Isaksen also robbed Ulisses Garcia to drill inches wide of the near post, then his glancing header flashed across the face of goal on a corner.
Fisayo Dele-Bashiru failed to make the most of a cheap giveaway, but Sassuolo grew into the game and M’Bala Nzola’s angled drive took a double deflection off Alessio Romagnoli’s shin and debutant Motta’s fingertips to graze the far stick.
The equaliser was in the air and arrived at the end of a well-worked move, as Armand Laurienté combined with Kristian Thorstvedt to cut inside from the left and bend a ferocious right-foot finish into the far top corner from 14 yards.
Moments later, Danilo Cataldi limped off with a muscular issue and was replaced by Gil Patric in a relatively new role in front of the defence.
Maldini had penalty appeals rejected when he went shoulder-to-shoulder with Luca Lipani, but the hosts lost another big player at half-time when Alessio Romagnoli was forced off through injury.
Oliver Provstgaard immediately had to intercept the dangerous Coulibaly assist before Nzola could tap in, while Kenneth Taylor scuffed from a promising position when set up by Dele-Bashiru.
Mattia Zaccagni’s curler was too close to Muric, but Lazio really should’ve scored on 78 minutes. Isaksen timed the run perfectly to spring the offside trap on the Patric through ball and dinked it over the on-rushing goalkeeper, only to land on the roof of an empty net.
Moments later, debutant goalkeeper Motta needed a tough double save, first parrying the Laurienté strike and then doing better on the Josh Doig follow-up.
Muric got down for a one-handed save on the powerful Mattia Cancellieri curler, then also got his gloves to a Cancellieri cross-shot at the near post, pushing it away from Boulaye Dia.
Provstgaard nodded over from six yards on a free kick, but Lazio snatched the winner in stoppages. Cancellieri floated in a cross from the right and Muric came flailing out aimlessly, allowing Adam Marusic to flick the header backwards into the empty net from 10 yards.
Lazio 2-1 Sassuolo
Maldini 2 (L), Laurienté 35 (S), Marusic 92 (L)
09-03-2026 19:45
MatchDay 28
Stadio OlimpicoLazioSassuolo
Live2 – 1
Player statistic
| Daniel Maldini | 2' |
| 35' | Armand Lauriente(Assist: Kristian Thorstvedt) |
| 37' | Luca Lipani |
| 58' | Ulisses Garcia |
| 86' | Armand Lauriente |
| 88' | Sebastian Walukiewicz |
| Adam Marusic(Assist: Matteo Cancellieri) | 90+2' |
Lazio
Sassuolo
Starting lineups
40
Edoardo Motta
Goalkeeper
77
Adam Marusic
Defender
13
Alessio Romagnoli
Defender
46′
34
Mario Gila
Defender
17
Nuno Tavares
Defender
27
Daniel Maldini
Midfielder
65′
32
Danilo Cataldi
Midfielder
38′
7
Fisayo Dele-Bashiru
Midfielder
24
Kenneth Taylor
Midfielder
18
Gustav Isaksen
Attacker
79′
10
Mattia Zaccagni
Attacker
79′
49
Arijanet Muric
Goalkeeper
21
Jay Idzes
Defender
80
Tarik Muharemovic
Defender
23
Ulisses Garcia
Defender
68′
25
Woyo Coulibaly
Defender
68′
90
Ismaël Koné
Midfielder
83′
42
Kristian Thorstvedt
Midfielder
35
Luca Lipani
Midfielder
46′
45
Armand Lauriente
Attacker
10
Domenico Berardi
Attacker
8
M’Bala Nzola
Attacker
68′
Substitutes
29
Manuel Lazzari
Defender
23
Elseid Hysaj
Defender
55
Alessio Furlanetto
Goalkeeper
3
Luca Pellegrini
Defender
21
Reda Belahyane
Midfielder
20
Petar Ratkov
Attacker
14
Tijjani Noslin
Attacker
28
Adrian Przyborek
Attacker
99
Giacomo Giacomone
4
Patric
Defender
38′
25
Oliver Provstgaard
Defender
46′
19
Boulaye Dia
Attacker
65′
9
Pedro
Attacker
79′
22
Matteo Cancellieri
Attacker
79′
7
Cristian Volpato
Midfielder
19
Filippo Romagna
Defender
12
Giacomo Satalino
Goalkeeper
16
Gioele Zacchi
Goalkeeper
13
Stefano Turati
Goalkeeper
44
Edoardo Iannoni
Midfielder
40
Aster Vranckx
Midfielder
18
Nemanja Matic
Midfielder
46′
6
Sebastian Walukiewicz
Defender
68′
24
Luca Moro
Attacker
68′
3
Josh Doig
Defender
68′
50
Darryl Bakola
Midfielder
83′
