Roma outcast Pellegrini comes in from cold to win derby with Lazio

AFP | Rome

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Lorenzo Pellegrini fired Roma to victory in the derby with Lazio yesterday, the former captain coming in from the cold with the only goal in a 1-0 win at a boisterous Stadio Olimpico.

Roman-born Pellegrini lost the captaincy of his boyhood club and was placed on the transfer list over the summer, but he was decisive against Lazio in his first appearance of the season and put Roma fourth in Serie A on nine points.

Ahead of kick-off fans unfurled a banner which read “welcome back, captain” for Pellegrini who also had to have sur-gery for an injury to his right thigh in May. “I never doubted their affection for me and I have a lot of love for them too,” said Pellegrini to DAZN.

“The one constant is that I love Roma, and as long as I’m here there will never be a day in which I won’t give everything for the shirt.