Sassuolo were beaten 2-1 by PSV Eindhoven during their Spanish warm weather training camp, as Davide Frattesi’s goal was not enough.
The Neroverdi had beaten Olympique Marseille last week and were hoping to build some momentum during the break for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
They had taken the lead this afternoon against PSV Eindhoven thanks to a header from midfielder Frattesi.
However, late on PSV turned it around with Anwar El Ghazi and Johan Bakayoko.
It was an unusual game, played in four 30-minute spells and with numerous substitutions.
Sassuolo 1-2 PSV Eindhoven
Frattesi 58 (S), El Ghazi 63 (P), Bakayoko 75 (P)
Sassuolo: Consigli (Pegolo 61), Toljan (Cannavaro 91), Tressoldi (Romagna 61), Ferrari (Ayhan 61), Marchizza (Rogerio 61), Frattesi (Thorstvedt 61), Henrique (Antiste 91), Traorè (Obiang 61), Berardi (Defrel 61) (D’Andrea 115), Pinamonti (Alvarez 61), Ceide (Lauriente 61)
PSV: Benitez (Waterman 61), Teze (Hoever 61), Obispo (Ramalho 61), Sangare (Gutierrez 61), Madueke (Ferreira 61), Van Den Heuvel (El Ghazi 61), Sabibari (Branthwaite 61), Mwene (Veerman 61), Max (Bakayoko 61), Vertessen (Ledezma 61), Oppegard (Nassoh 61)