Serie A Roundup: Without Mourinho, 10-man Roma loses to Sassuolo
MILAN (AP) — Without coach José Mourinho on the bench, Roma misplaced 4-3 at house to Sassuolo on Sunday in a depressing weekend for groups chasing the Champions League qualifying spots from Serie A.
Armand Laurienté scored twice for Sassuolo earlier than Nicola Zalewski pulled one again. But Roma defender Marash Kumbulla was despatched off for violent conduct on the finish of the primary half and Domenico Berardi transformed the ensuing penalty.
Paulo Dybala obtained 10-man Roma again into the match firstly of the second half however Andrea Pinamonti all however sealed the end result with quarter-hour remaining earlier than Georginio Wijnaldum’s late purpose.
Roma remained stage on factors with AC Milan, which hosts relegation-threatened Salernitana on Monday and shall be trying to benefit from its rivals’ slip-ups.
Third-place Lazio was two factors forward of Roma and Milan after drawing at Bologna on Saturday, with Inter a degree additional forward following its shock loss at Spezia on Friday.
Roma’s subsequent Serie A match is in opposition to Lazio and Mourinho will once more not be on the bench as he serves a two-match ban.
The house facet was trying to transfer stage with Inter in second and virtually took the lead with lower than two minutes on the clock as Wijnaldum was despatched clear however he fired straight at Sassuolo goalkeeper Andrea Consigli.
Instead it was Sassuolo which took the lead within the thirteenth minute as Roma misplaced the ball in midfield to spark a counterattack. Davide Frattesi’s shot was charged down by Chris Smalling, then Pinamonti’s effort was parried by goalkeeper Rui Patrício however Laurienté tapped within the rebound.
Laurienté doubled his and Sassuolo’s tally 5 minutes later however Roma recovered from the shock to drag one again within the twenty sixth when Zalewski’s volley bounced into the bottom and over Consigli.
Matters went from unhealthy to worse for Roma on the stroke of halftime when Kumbulla was proven a straight pink card for a kick at Berardi, who then drilled house the spotkick.
Roma introduced on Dybala at halftime and he had a direct influence as he despatched a swerving effort into the highest proper nook 5 minutes later.
Sassuolo virtually instantly restored its two-goal benefit however Berardi’s shot clipped the crossbar. It did so within the seventy fifth when Laurienté turned supplier to arrange Pinamonti’s purpose.
Wijnaldum lowered the deficit in stoppage time.
SCARE FOR JUVE
Juventus survived a scare and missed a penalty however beat backside membership Sampdoria 4-2 to shut in on a European spot regardless of its hefty factors punishment.
The Bianconeri, which was deducted 15 factors firstly of the 12 months for false accounting, moved to inside 4 factors of sixth-place Atalanta.
Juventus seemed to be heading for a straightforward win after targets from Bremer and Adrien Rabiot put the hosts 2-0 up after 26 minutes.
But Samp hauled itself stage within the thirty second after Tommaso Augello and Filip Đuričić scored within the house of lower than 90 seconds.
Rabiot doubled his tally within the sixty fourth and Dušan Vlahović had the possibility to increase Juve’s lead 4 minutes later — after Augello tripped Juan Cuadrado — however fired the penalty off the left publish.
Teenage debutant goalkeeper Martin Turk additionally pushed a shot from Cuadrado onto the woodwork to maintain his facet within the match.
Turk additionally parried a header from Vlahović in stoppage time at point-blank vary however Matías Soulé headed within the rebound for his first senior purpose.
RELEGATION FIGHT
Relegation-threatened Hellas Verona had the VAR to thank because it earned a 1-1 draw at house to Monza.
Stefano Sensi scored for the guests to cancel out Simone Verdi’s opener within the second half.
Monza thought it had turned the match round utterly when on-loan Verona ahead Gianluca Caprari netted 5 minutes later, but it surely was disallowed on a good offside choice.
Verona inched to inside 5 factors of security and Seventeenth-place Spezia.
Cremonese was stage with Sampdoria, 12 factors from security, after shedding 2-0 at house to Fiorentina. Torino gained 2-0 at Lecce.
