Serie A: Lazio alone as leaders, Cagliari beaten in a comeback

Dreaming is legitimate for Lazio, who take the top spot alone by beating Cagliari in a comeback. Inter, after falling in the derby, are now -3 behind Rino Gattuso's highly successful team. The Biancocelesti achieved their ninth victory in 10 matches, maintaining their unbeaten record even against Pisacane's team.

However, a difficult victory for Lazio who first went down due to Nzola's goal, then overturned it with Isaksen and Pinamonti's goal in the final which set the result at 2-1 and allowed Gattuso's men to find themselves at the top alone for the first time since the 2010/11 season when Edy Reja was on the bench. Gattuso confirms Sassuolo's team as a whole with the return of Provstgaard in the middle of the defense while Pisacane relies on Nzola, who scored against Roma, and the former player Maldini to try to snatch points from the Olimpico. But the first opportunities belong to Lazio with Frattesi first and Zaccagni then testing Caprile's reflexes. The Lazio offensive, however, does not produce results and it is Cagliari who passes, taking advantage of a sleep by the Lazio rearguard, with Fadera putting it in and Nzola all alone to score the ball for the rossoblù's lead with his left foot in the penalty area. Lazio feel the pinch, Gattuso's men are unable to find the opening to hurt Pisacane's team. The match, thus, lives in flames with the Biancocelesti trying to win the match and Cagliari acting as a throw-in. And right on a flash comes the Lazio equalizer, signed by Isaksen, the fourth goal in the last 5 games, who with his left foot finds the long post to beat Caprile, putting his team back in the game and the result at 1-1. Cagliari, for their part, would have immediately had the chance with Fazzini to bring them back on their tracks, but the midfielder's right-footed shot only grazes the post without finding the goal defended by Mandas before the referee whistles twice, sending the teams to the locker rooms.

Upon returning from half-time, Pisacane throws Mendy into the fray in place of Nzola, but the second half sees Lazio win the game and Cagliari try to take a throw-in. The best opportunities, in fact, all come from Lazio with Taylor who, from a free kick, scares Caprile who is good at deflecting it. A handful of laps pass and it is still the former Ajax player who has the good ball and cannot find the target. Cagliari's goal seems haunted even when Isasken attempts a left-footed shot, grazing the post to the right of the rossoblù goalkeeper, giving only the illusion of a goal. Which becomes reality, breaking what seemed like a spell and sending Lazio to Heaven, thanks to Pinamonti, who entered in the second half, who heads Pedraza's cross shot into the goal with Deiola on the ground after having blocked a shot from Dele-Bashiru with his face. The final minutes are to be lived with the heart in goal for Lazio, despite Cagliari being down to 10 due to the double yellow card for Obert, but at the final whistle in Colombo Gattuso's Biancocelesti can celebrate by finding the solitary summit again after 16 years - it was the 2010/11 season with Reja on the bench - continuing a dream that not even the most optimistic of fans would have dared to imagine.