SASSUOLO: Sassuolo stunned newly-crowned Italian champions Inter Milan for the second time this season on Saturday with a 1-0 win which kept alive their hopes of staying in Serie A.

Armand Lauriente’s rasping first-time strike in the 20th minute gave his team their first win in seven matches and inflicted a first league defeat on Inter since Sassuolo won at the San Siro in late September.

The result was a big boost in Sassuolo’s relegation battle as they sit second from bottom on 29 points, with only three points between them and Cagliari in 14th place.

Earlier Lazio’s bid to reach the Champions League was damaged by Milan Djuric’s stoppage time leveller in an entertaining 2-2 draw at Monza.

Djuric thumped home the second of two superb headers in the 92nd minute, his eighth league goal of the season for mid-table Monza which left Lazio in seventh.

A win would have pushed Lazio a single point behind local rivals AS Roma, who are in the fifth and final Champions League spot.

Published in Dawn, May 6th, 2024