José Mourinho’s AS Roma, conditioned by two evictions, drew 1-1 against Fiorentina today, in the 15th round of the Italian football competition, with compatriot Dany Mota giving Monza the victory.
At the Olympic Games in Rome the giallorossi They opened the scoring after just five minutes in a well-crafted move down the right, with Paolo Dybala linking up with former Benfica player Cristante to cross for Belgian Lukaku’s header, who scored his seventh goal in the championship.
With the Portuguese Rui Patrício in goal, preventing the Viola players from equalizing shortly afterwards with a big mistake on Nzola’s attempt, Roma had bad news in the 25th minute, with the departure of Dybala, again hit by injury.
In the second half, Mourinho’s team experienced a ‘nightmare’ in four minutes: in the 62nd minute they lost another injured player – the Turkish Azmoun, who had replaced the Argentinian -, in the 64th minute they saw full-back Zalewski removed from sent off due to the accumulation of yellow cards, and at the age of 66 he conceded the draw, through the Argentine central defender Lucas Martínez (66).
At the end of the match, in the 87th minute, Lukaku was also sent off, with a straight red for a dangerous tackle on Kouamé, forcing Roma – in which Renato Sanches did not leave the bench – to close ranks to achieve their goal reaches. fifth game in a row without a loss.
AS Roma remain in fourth place in Serie A, with 25 points, four behind AC Milan in third place, but left surprising Bologna, fifth, also with 25, a week before the match between the two sides.
In a very even race for the fourth and final place in the Champions League, Thiago Motta’s side overtook Napoli and Fiorentina, both with 24, after winning 2-1 at bottom-placed Salernitana today.
Dutch striker Joshua Zirkzee scored twice for Bologna, in the 9th and 20th minutes, and Nigerian striker Simy (ex-Portimonense and Gil Vicente) reduced the deficit for the 18th and last-placed team (eight points) in the 75th.
Monza won against Genoa by the narrowest margin (1–0), with a goal from Portuguese under-21 international Dany Mota, who came off the bench and scored in the 83rd minute, assisted by compatriot and starter Pedro Pereira. The victory allowed the host team to jump to ninth place, with 21 points, just two points away from qualifying for the Europa Conference League, while the Genoese occupy 15th place, with 15.
In the first match of the day, Frosinone (12th) and Torino (11th), separated by one point in the rankings, played out a goalless draw.
Source: DN
