Roma defeated Lazio 2-0 in Serie A, as manager Claudio Ranieri extended his perfect record in derbies in the Italian capital, giving the Giallorossi a much-needed boost after a difficult season.
Roma captain and lifelong club fan Lorenzo Pellegrini ended the long wait for a goal with a stunning curling shot from the edge of the area. Alexis Saeremachers then finished off a counter-attack, giving Roma a two-goal advantage after 18 minutes.
Pellegrini has faced harsh criticism from Roma fans this season, but his goal increased the pressure on Roma as they move into 10th place with wins in their last five Serie A games. Lazio remain in 4th place.
Ranieri improved his record as Roma’s manager with five wins in five derbies. He will be the team’s third manager this season after Daniele De Rossi and Ivan Juric were sacked. His other derby wins came during his first spell as Roma manager from 2009 to 2011. He also briefly coached his hometown club in 2019.
Ranieri has also won Italy’s other three major derbies – Milan, Turin and Genoa – as manager of Inter, Juventus and Sampdoria respectively.
He helped Cagliari avoid relegation last season and said it would be his last job at the club, but when he was called up by Roma in November to restore order he couldn’t turn down. Ranieri’s contract requires him to step up to senior management after this season, from which he will have a say in choosing the next manager.
Celebrations in Rome begin Sunday night and continue until Monday morning. Photo: Giuseppe Mafia/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
About an hour before kick-off, a car burst into flames outside the Stadio Olimpico after being hit by fireworks as rival fans tried to approach each other.
Also on Sunday, Cagliari came back from a one-goal deficit against bottom-placed Monza with goals from Nadir Zoltea and Roberto Piccoli to win 2-1. Turin vs. Parma and Lecce vs. Genoa ended 0-0.
Paris Saint-Germain beat Monaco 1-0 in the French Super Cup on Sunday thanks to a stoppage-time goal from forward Ousmane Dembele, as the Ligue 1 champions lifted the trophy for the third consecutive season.
PSG, who have won a record 13 times, will face last season’s Ligue 1 runners-up after the Parisians won both the league and the French Cup, winning the competition for the 11th time in the past 12 years. Ta.
In a lively encounter at Doha’s Stadium 974, made from 974 recycled shipping containers for the 2022 World Cup, PSG created 27 chances without breaking the deadlock, nine of which were on target. I decided. However, Dembele sealed the victory and ensured the game would not go to penalties when he scored inside the far post two minutes into stoppage time after Fabian Ruiz fed a fine pass across the face of goal.
Gianluigi Donnarumma made some important saves on his return to the team after sustaining a serious facial injury during PSG’s 4-2 win over Monaco in Ligue 1 last month.
