The hunt for the top continues for Roma! A week after the great away win against Inter with a surprise, Jose Mourinho’s side against Lecce, whom they beat 2-1 in the “Olimpico” on matchday 9 of Serie A, did their duty to climb up to 5th place in the table -4 from leaders Napoli.

Wolves started the game furiously and only took the lead in the 6th minute thanks to a Smalling header, but despite the fact that Lecce had a numerical disadvantage after Hulmands was sent off (direct red card) in the 23rd minute, it was she who scored the next goal, drawing 1-1 with Strefetsa in the 39th minute.

It was Paulo Dybala who made it 2-1 with a well-placed penalty in the 48th minute, only to cause concern two minutes later when he was substituted (injured at the time of the penalty), which the Italian media was talking about about a thigh problem.

In the minutes that followed, the home side retained their precious three points – albeit without excitement – and celebrated their 9th success in the last 10 encounters with Lecce in the final.

Roma: Patricio, Mancini (88′ Koumbula), Smalling, Ibáñez, Zalewski, Cristante, Pellegrini, Vina (46′ Spinazola), Dybala (50′ Matic), Gianiolo (46′ Abraham), Belotti (77′ Somurontov)

LETTER: Falcone, Gentrey, Basquirotto, Umtiti, Pecella, Gonzalez (50th Blin), Hulmant, Askildsen (72nd Helgason), Strefezza (72nd Di Francesco), Sesay (90th Udine), Banda (81st Colombo)

The results of the 9th game

• Sassuolo – Inter 1-2 (60′ Fratezi / 44′, 75′ Dzeko)
• Milan – Juventus 2-0 (45+1′ Tomori, 54′ Diath)
• Bologna – Samdoria 1-1 (32′ Dominguez / 72′ Djuricic)
• Torino – Empoli 1-1 (90′ Lukic / 49′ Destro)
• Monza – Spezia 2-0 (32′ Augustus, 63′ Mary)
• Salernitana Verona 2-1 (18′ Piatek, 90+4′ Dia / 56′ Depaoli)
• Udinese – Atalanta 2-2 (67′ Deulofeu, 78′ Peres / 36′ Lukman, 56′ Penalty Muriel)
• Cremonese – Naples 1-4 (47′ Dessers / 26′ Penalty Politano, 76′ Simeone, 90+3′ Lozano, 90+6′ Olivera)
• Rome – Lecce 2-1 (6′ Smalling, 48′ Pen. Dybala / 39′ Stfetsa)
• 10.10. 21:45 Florence – Lazio

The highlights of the game

Sassuolo – Inter 1-2

Milan – Juventus 2-0

Udinese – Atalanta 2-2

Bologna – Sampdoria 1-1

Torino – Empoli 1-1

Monza – Spezia 2-0

Salernitana – Verona 2-1

Cremonese – Naples 1-4

Table of Series A

The program of the 10th match day

• 15.10. 16:00 Empoli-Monza
• 15/10 19:00 Torino – Juventus
• 15/10 21:45 Atalanta-Sassuolo
• 16.10. 1:30 p.m Inter-Salernitana
• 16.10. 16:00 Lazio – Udinese
• 16.10. 16:00 Spezia – Cremonese
• 16.10. 19:00 Naples – Bologna
• 16/10 21:45 Verona – Milan
• 17.10. 19:30 Samdoria-Roma
• 17/10 21:45 Lecce – Fiorentina