José Mourinho heated up Saturday’s match by harshly criticizing the referee Matteo Marcenaro and play has been smooth since Roma (1-2) came back after Sassuolo went down due to a straight red card without discussion and reached Naples in the table before the reigning Serie A champions host Inter tonight.
Roma had just finished a disappointing 1-1 draw in Switzerland against Servette in the Europa League and in the first half they showed no signs of reacting to their game. He took more initiative but, except for a low shot from Paulo Dybala covering Andrea Consigli in two splits in the 10th minute, he didn’t create a chance.
On the other hand, Sassuolo got on the scoreboard for the first time. Domenico Berardi He tried a cross shot and, although it went wrong, it turned out to be a perfect assist for Matheus Henrique, alone, will drive the ball at the end post (25′).
Consigli failed Dybala
Roma continued without creating danger because in a horizontal game they found many difficulties to advance the local defense. Romelu Lukaku did not receive any ball fit but in one of his few appearances, he protected one with his back against a defender and passed it to Dybala, whose excellent shot into the top corner found a superb response from Consigli, who flew over to deflect this for a corner (40′) .
Dybala is the player who tested his quality the most break Sassuolo’s wall although the break is new Kristian Thorstvedt He made it 2-0 when he received in the area, created space for himself but his centered shot was blocked by Rui Patricio.
After the restart Lukaku squandered a very clear chance by taking it alone but he mistimed his first shot and Consigli excelled again (53′).
The entry of Kristensen and the red in Boloca, keys
Mourinho brought on Rasmus Kristensen at half-time. The Danish winger and the direct red card to Danie Boloca for a hard low tackle on Leandro Paredes (62′) changed the match as Sassuolo retreated and could not withstand the Roman pressure.
With a quarter of an hour remaining, Dybala headed in an inside ball Kristensen, who was dropped in place of Martin Erlic. Dybala converted the maximum penalty and, just six minutes later, it was 1-2.
A lucky goal decides
Kristensen was the author after good joint action by Roma on the right, although the Dane was lucky as his cross shot hit Ruan Tressoldi and The ball drew a parabola that went beyond Consigli.
Even in excess, Roma saw victory in danger with a shot from Uros Racic which almost missed the mark. Mourinho couldn’t believe his defense’s concession but was happy. Criticizing the referee diverted attention and worked.
match lineup
47
22
17
7
44
5
10
24
9
42
Four. Five
1
2
37
5
14
23
4
52
90
twenty-one
16
MAPEI Stadium – Città del Tricolore
Rui Patricio1
Rick Karsdorp2
Four. five’
89′
Leonardo Spinazzola37
66′
24′
82′
Evan Ndicka5
Diego Llorente14
92′
Gianluca Mancini23
66′
68′
88′
Bryan Cristante4
61′
62′
Edoardo Bove52
Four. five’
80′
Romelu Lukaku90
54′
80′
Paulo Dybalatwenty-one
75′
86′
64′
Leandro Paredes16
Replacements
Pietro Boer63
Mile Svilar99
89′
Zeki Celik19
86′
Rasmus Kristensen43
Four. five’
77′
81′
64′
Lorenzo Pellegrini7
66′
80′
Renato Sancheztwenty
88′
Houssem Aouar22
Nicola Zalewski59
Andrea BellottiEleven
Sardar Azmoun17
Four. five’
80′
Stephan El Shaarawy92
66′
coach
Alessio Dionisi
José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix
Source: La Verdad
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