Roma, coached by Portuguese Jose Mourinho, beat Bologna 1-0 this Wednesday, while rivals Lazio lost 2-1 to Lecce in the 16th round of the Liga NOS. .
Returning from the competition after the World Cup break in Qatar, Roma reach 30 points and remain in sixth place, but now on a level with Lazio, who have a better goal difference.
Also with 30 points, fourth is Inter Milan, the opponent of FC Porto in the eighth finals of the Champions League (February 22 and March 14), who will play today against leader Napoli.
A penalty kick, successfully taken by Lorenzo Pellegrini, in the sixth minute was enough for the victory of the Romans, closer and closer to the places of entry to the Champions League.
Rui Patrício was in the base for the ‘wolves’ and provided security for the team, clearly stronger than the team from Bologna.
At the same time, rivals Lazio in Lecce went down 2-1 in what is their second consecutive defeat.
Immobile still advanced the ‘laziale’, after 16 minutes, but then the locals brought about the turnaround, with goals from Brazil’s Gabriel Strefeza, on 57, and Lorenzo Colombo, on 71.
Earlier, the Portuguese Rafael Leão, visiting Salernitana (2-1), cleared the way for AC Milan’s victory.
The Portugal international, who was present at the World Cup, scored AC Milan’s first goal in the 10th minute with a shot from a tight angle.
The defending champions still held out in the first half, with Sandro Tonali making it 2-0 in the 15th minute.
Salernitana managed to push back in the 83rd minute, with Bonazzoli on the far post.
The Milanese kept the win and remained second with 36 points, now five behind leader Napoli.
João Moutinho played the last half hour for Spezia to defend the 2-0 lead over Atalanta, but everything went wrong and the end result was a 2-2 draw.
The Ghanaian Gyasi (08) and the Angolan M’bala Nzola (31) scored for Spezia, and the Danish Hojlund (77) and the Croat Pasalic (90+2) for Atalanta.
There was also a draw in the game between Torino and Verona, but at 1-1 the goals were scored by Bosnian Milan Duric (45), for Verona, and Russian Miranchuk (64), for Torino.
Also in action were Sassuolo and Sampdoria, with the Genoa team, who had come from four consecutive defeats to triumph 2-1.
‘Samp’ won 2-0, with goals from Gabbiadini (25 minutes) and Augello (28), while Berardi ran back to Sassuolo (64, from penalty).
Source: DN
