Roma won their second Serie A victory in a row today, beating Lecce at home (2-1), in the game counted in the ninth round of the competition.
At the Olimpico in Rome, José Mourinho put in Rui Patricio and the Portuguese goalkeeper saw teammate Chris Smalling open the scoring six minutes after Lorenzo Pellegrini’s pass.
The Romans’ hit was strong, and life became even easier for Mourinho’s wards in the 22nd minute, when the away team was reduced to ten units: Uhlmand rolled on Bellotti more harshly, the referee went to VAR and decided to send him off. .
But at rest it is not comfortable and Roma was punished with some kind of defensive apathy. Strefezza stumbled to level the score six minutes before the break.
In the second half, Mourinho added meat to the grill – Spinazzola and Tammy Abraham came in – and was rewarded in the 48th minute. Paulo Dybala regained advantage from the penalty spot yellow and red. But everything is not beautiful without exception: in the designation of the highest measure, the Argentine ace was injured and was replaced by Nemanja Matic, the former Benfica midfielder. Headache for Mourinho.
Thanks to this victory, Roma does not lose contact with the top of the tournament. League: in fifth place, four points behind leaders Napoli. Lecce is in 16th place with seven points.
