Sassuolo started the season unattractively, making a lot of mistakes in the first round. Before the quarantine, Roberto De Dzerbi’s team could hardly count on European competitions, but now the situation has changed. By the 35th round, the “nonverdians” are coming up on the eighth line in the table with 48 points, eight points behind their today’s opponent. The team has few chances to make it to the Europa League, but in case of success in the match with Milan, the probability of success will increase. Sassuolo definitely has a reason for optimism. After a pause in the championship, they played much more powerful and suffered only one defeat, having managed to join the race for the European Cubs. In the last round, the nerves missed two points in a monstrous way. In the duel with Cagliari they were leading in the score and had a numerical advantage, but allowed the opponent to win back and eventually lost points. A 1-1 draw extended Sassuolo’s unbeaten streak to eight games.
Few expected that the “lions” would immediately start to demonstrate high-level football. The team is making a great transition from defense to attack and also has good ball control, so everything is going according to the plan of head coach Oscar Pareja. Orlando had also two matches and easily scored six points. In the first meeting, the club put in place Inter Miami (2-1) and in the second match defeated New York City (3-1). We would like to highlight the pleasantly surprising game of captain Nani, who leads the team and fully fulfills his duties, plus the one of Chris Muller, who has already scored three goals. In short, the team is on the move.
