Serie A: AS Rome overthrows Sassuolo and catches up with the lead

Following on from Fiorentina’s resounding victory against Salertinana, draws from Lecce and Udinese respectively against Bologna and Hellas Verona, Sassuolo and AS Roma crossed swords at the Mapei Stadium on the occasion of the 14th day of Serie A. In front of his audience, the Neroverdi intended to use their performance last weekend (4-3 success at Empoli) to play a bad trick on the Giallorossi frustrated by a draw in Geneva in the Cup of Europe. If the first minutes of the game were to the advantage of José Mourinho’s men, masters of possession, it was ultimately the locals who opened the hostilities. Found in the area by Domenico Berardi, Matheus Henrique curled his shot to deceive the vigilance of Rui Patricio (1-0, 25th).

If Paulo Dybala missed the opportunity to tie the two teams by stumbling on Andrea Consigli (39th), Romelu Lukaku completely missed returning from the locker room (52nd), although alone at the penalty point. Reduced to ten against eleven following the expulsion of Daniel Boloca (62nd), Sassuolo suffered Roman attacks and ended up giving up. Unhappy during the first act, Paulo Dybala converted a penalty obtained a few seconds earlier (76th) before Rasmus Kristensen gave the capital players the advantage 6 minutes later (82nd). With this result, AS Roma overtakes Fiorentina and climbs to 5th place. Opposite, Sassuolo slips down one place (15th).