

The match was also notable as the great-grandson of former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini - 18-year-old defender Romano Floriani Mussolini - was on the bench for Lazio for the first time. The 26-year-old Simeone is the son of current Atlético Madrid coach Diego Simeone, who played more than 100 matches for Lazio and helped the team to the league and cup double in 2000.Ĭiro Immobile had halved the deficit for Lazio at the start of the second half. Simeone scored two goals in each half, helped by two assists from Gianluca Caprari, who was also in inspired form. Giovanni Simeone scored all four goals against his father’s former team as Hellas Verona routed Lazio 4-1. Osimhen thought he had won it two minutes from time but his header was ruled out for offside.
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Roma squandered three opportunities in quick succession as Lorenzo Pellegrini twice missed the target and then Gianluca Mancini headed his free kick narrowly over. Osimhen also headed the resulting corner onto the top of the bar. Mourinho was looking for a reaction after Roma was routed 6-1 by Norwegian team Bodø/Glimt in the Europa League midweek.īut it was Napoli which went closer to breaking the deadlock, on the hour mark, when Victor Osimhen hit the right post from point-blank range under pressure, and a desperate tackle by Rick Karsdorp prevented Mario Rui from turning in the rebound. His Napoli counterpart, Luciano Spalletti, was also red carded after the final whistle as the referee judged his applause to be ironic, despite the coach’s fervent protests it was genuine. Roma coach José Mourinho was sent to the stands for dissent nine minutes from time. Napoli had won all eight of its Italian league matches in a stunning start to the season but it couldn’t find a way past Roma, despite hitting the woodwork twice in quick succession and having a late winner ruled out. “I made a mistake just as the referee made a mistake by signaling that everything was okay.” He had come on in the 65th minute for his first appearance since an injury in the match against Sampdoria last month. Juventus was awarded a penalty on video review and Inzaghi was so incensed that he threw a piece of clothing onto the field and was sent off. However, just as it looked as if Inter was about to get a potentially crucial victory, Juventus was awarded a penalty when Denzel Dumfries fouled Alex Sandro just inside the area. Hakan Çalhanoğlu unleashed a screamer from distance that bounced off the right post and Džeko fired home the rebound. The Nerazzurri took the lead in the 17th minute.

Defending champion Inter had lost its first league match of the season last weekend, at Lazio. I think my time has come and I’ll always try to do my best for the team.”Īfter a rocky start to the season, Juventus was unbeaten in its previous eight matches heading into the eagerly awaited match and had won its past four games 1-0. "After so many years here, I have learned from so many teammates, from so many leaders and now I am trying to help the younger ones. "Lately I was forced to sit out with an injury, so I’m very happy with this goal. “We always play to win, but today we played against a great team and the way the game was going, we got an important point," Dybala said. “It's two points that we've thrown away.” "We're disappointed because we controlled the match from the start without conceding anything to Juventus. “It was the only way we were going to concede a goal," Inter coach Simone Inzaghi said. Head-to-head is the first tiebreaker in Italy if teams are level at the end of the season. It is above Milan on goal difference alone after the Rossoneri beat Bologna 4-2 on Saturday. Napoli earlier saw its perfect start to the season end with a 0-0 draw at Roma. Inter remained third, seven points behind Napoli and AC Milan. MILAN (AP) - Paulo Dybala returned to rescue Juventus as it snatched a 1-1 draw at Inter Milan in the Derby d’Italia on Sunday.ĭybala converted a penalty a minute from time to cancel out Edin Džeko’s first-half opener for Inter.
