The captain came forward and Roma cleaned Napoli of nine players!

The Derby del Sole was painted… bright red! THE Rome was superior overall, but struggled to find the goal against the tough side Naples. However, the Lorenzo Pellegrini it turned out to be his “golden” change Jose Mourinhowith the captain of the Romans scoring five minutes after entering the match and paving the way for his team to the great victory (2-0) sealed in the last phase by Romelou Loukakos.

The “partenopei” ended the match with nine players, after o Politano expelled for stupid and unnecessary action and kicking at Zalevskywhile shortly before the 90th minute o Osimen he saw the second yellow card to be sent off as well.

Third defeat in the last four matches for his team Walter Macari who is faltering, returned to three points n Rome and reached 28 points, i.e. -3 out of the four.

THE Naples came into the match better and moved the ball around, trying to find spaces in the opposition frames to threaten. After the fourth, however, Rome he took steps on the field and in the 19th minute he had the first big chance to open the scoring. Specifically, Mr Lukaku went to the front, laid on Bove who caught a terrific pass from outside the area, which he found on the crossbar and went wide.

Three minutes later the hosts missed another great opportunity, with Belotti to make a terrific effort, then turned and gave a ready goal to Bove but he from the small region failed to defeat him Merit. The pace from then on was not good at all, as the players of both teams made a lot of fouls and we had a lot of breaks and cards. Four to players and one each to the two coaches, in Mourinho and Macari. Indicative of how much… the game was spoiled by the Portuguese coach’s cockfight with him Kvaratskeliawhich fortunately entered the “ice” immediately.

Somehow, until the last whistle of the first half, nothing changed and the two teams went to the locker room tied (0-0).

The second half went at the same pace, with the tension continuing and the referee taking out cards with the… sack. In the 67th minute, Naples was left with 10 players as o Politano kicked him Zalevsky. Roma then took measures on the field and threatened, with him Mourinho to make collected changes which finally worked out for him.

And that’s because, the Portuguese put him Pellegrini in the match in the 71st minute and five minutes later he opened the scoring for the “Galorossi”. After the efforts of Azmoun and El Sarawithe ball somehow reached the Italian and he left him with a wonderful turn Merit and set fire to the Olympic Stadium by scoring 1-0!

The goal conceded by Napoli was not enough for them, their task became even more difficult since in the 86th minute Osimen he also received a red (second yellow) card for a foul on El Sarawi leaving them “partenopei” with nine players! And Lukaku at 90+6′ he put the icing on the cake and set up the final 2-0!

Somehow, the Romans got an important victory that lifted them to 6th place, while on the other hand the Naples is in 7th place with 27 points.

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Detailed schedule of the 17th matchday:

Friday, December 22

Empoli-Lazio 0-2

(9′ Gedouzi, 67′ Tzakani)

Sassuolo-Genoa 1-2

(28′ Pinamonti – 64′ Gudmundsson, 87′ Ekuban)

Salernitana-Milan 2-2

(42′ Faccio, 63′ Candreva – 17′ Tomori, 90′ Jovic)

Monza-Fiorentina 0-1

(7′ Beltran)

Saturday, December 23

Frosinone-Juventus 1-2

(51′ Baes – 12′ Yildiz, 81′ Vlahovic)

Bologna-Atalanta 1-0

(85′ Ferguson)

Torino-Udinese 1-1

(88′ Ilic – 81′ Saraga)

Inter-Lecce 2-0

(43′ Bisek, 78′ Barela)

Verona-Cagliari 2-0

(53′ Engonz, 90′ Jurich)

Roma-Napoli 2-0

(76′ Pellegrini, 90+6′ Lukaku)

The next (18th) matchday:

Friday, December 29

Napoli-Monza (19:30)

Fiorentina-Torino (19:30)

Genoa-Inter (21:45)

Lazio-Frosinone (21:45)

Saturday, December 30

Atalanta-Lecce (13:30)

Udinese-Bologna (16:00)

Cagliari-Emboli (16:00)

Milan-Sassuolo (19:00)

Verona-Salernitana (19:00)

Juventus-Roma (21:45)