This Sunday, Roma had no room for error against Lecce. Authors of a frankly disappointing start to the season, José Mourinho’s men could get closer to the leading pack and the European places in the event of a victory against a club which has had an excellent start to the season but has been losing momentum for several weeks . And with ample control of the ball, La Louve was unable to create sufficiently clear chances to open the scoring.
General classification Serie A
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#
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Team
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Pts
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J
|
DIF
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G
|
NOT
|
D
|
BP
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B.C.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2 |
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23 |
10 |
10 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
16 |
6 |
|
3 |
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22 |
11 |
6 |
7 |
1 |
3 |
18 |
12 |
|
4 |
|
21 |
11 |
12 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
24 |
12 |
|
5 |
|
19 |
11 |
9 |
6 |
1 |
4 |
19 |
10 |
|
6 |
|
18 |
11 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
12 |
8 |
|
7 |
|
17 |
10 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
18 |
14 |
|
8 |
|
17 |
11 |
8 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
22 |
14 |
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And faced with this sterile possession, their opponents gained confidence and finally took the advantage thanks to Swedish winger Pontus Almqvist (0-1, 71st). Stunned, Houssem Aouar’s teammates then reacted at the very end of the match. While he came into play in place of the former OL player, Sardar Azmoun brought the two teams back to level with a powerful header (1-1, 90+1). Invigorated by this almost unexpected equalizer, the Romans even went for victory following a superb sequence from Romelu Lukaku in the area (2-1, 90+4th). With the Belgian striker’s sixth goal in Serie A, Roma saved themselves at the last minute and this late success allows them to climb to eighth place and come back to within six points of Juventus Turin, second. Lecce stagnates and is eleventh.
